Contribution of hakielimu on primary school child enrollment among pastoral societies in Simanjiro district, Manyara region
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Date
2014
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Sokoine University of Agriculture
Abstract
A study was conducted in Manyara, Simanjiro District to determine the contribution of
HakiElimu on primary school child enrollment among pastoral societies. Specifically, the
study aimed at determining the nature of assistance HakiElimu provides to schools, to
establish the mechanisms used to boost enrollment, to establish the extent to which
HakiElimu has increased child enrollment and to determine the attitudes of parents
towards HakiElimu activities. A cross- sectional research design was adopted. Purposive
sampling technique was used to acquire a sample size of 93 respondents from villages
which HakiElimu operates. Questionnaires were administered to collect data from
respondents where the method of before and after HakiElimu programs was used to get
the difference. Key informant interviews and focus group discussions was used to collect
qualitative data. SPSS software was used for analyzing quantitative data, whereby
descriptive statistics and t- test analysis was carried out. The findings suggest that, the
mean enrollment before HakiElimu program was 151, while the mean enrollment after
HakiElimu was 171. However, the findings were not significant at 0.05 level of
significant. Based on the findings, it was concluded that HakiElimu programs made no
significant effect on child enrollment in primary school since cases of low enrollment rate
in rural primary schools still persist. The study recommends that HakiElimu and other
institutions should go beyond giving educational seminars and brochures and make more
efforts on community mobilization to make sure the whole community understands the
importance of education in their lives.
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HakiElimu, Primary school child enrollment, Pastoral societies