Challenges facing female students in secondary schools in Tanzania: a case study of Morogoro urban
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Date
2011
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Sokoine University of Agriculture
Abstract
This study investigated challenges that secondary school female students face in
Tanzania particularly in Morogoro Urban. It specifically aimed at: (i) examining
female students learning environment, (ii) assessing problems that female students
face and (iii) examining coping strategies that are currently adopted to address
female students’ challenges. Using cross-sectional research design the study was
undertaken using checklists, structured and standardised questionnaires as well as
personal observation. Using SPSS (Statistical Package for Social sciences version
11.5), descriptive statistics were obtained that is, frequencies and percentages in
undertaken in four
secondary schools in Morogoro urban that were randomly selected, namely:
Kigurunyembe, Malati, Kihonda and Kayenzi secondary schools. The entire sample
size of the population was 101 respondents whereby 16 students (8 females and 8
males) were randomly selected from each school and 8 teachers (4 females and 4
males) from all four schools. Key informants were the four heads of the schools and
to various challenges were found, namely: long distances, insufficient learning
materials, domestic chores that result to wastage of time, vulnerability to HIV/AIDS
and pregnancies. Il was as well found that, abortions, sexual relations with teachers
favours from passing cars and commute buses were some of coping strategies that
sometimes problems in themselves. The study recommends that, gender-friendly
learning environment be facilitated whereby all education stakeholders and the entire
one Municipal education officer. Major problems facing female students that result
so as to get favours as well as renting rooms closer to schools and seeking transport
accordance with the objectives of the study. The study was
are adopted to address problems that female students face, strategies that are
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community fulfil their responsibilities individually and collectively. It further
recommends that, teachers’ working conditions be improved to make the profession
other carreers.
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Dissertation
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Female students, Secondary schools, Learning environment, Coping strategies