Educational Quality Management in Public and Private Secondary Schools under SEDP II: A Case of Selected Secondary Schools in Morogoro Region, Tanzania

This paper examined the educational quality management basing on educational input under SEDP II for years 2010 to 2013. The Secondary Education Development Programme II (SEDP II: 2010-2015) in Tanzania, is a continuation of Secondary Education Development Programme I (SEDP I), which was implemented between 2004 and 2009, building on the national goals of secondary education provision. Data were collected from 400 respondents’ including: 320 students, 80 teachers and 20 key informants and various documentary sources using questionnaires, researcher’s diary and checklist. Quantitative data were analysed by using SPSS computer software and “content analysis” technique was used to analyse qualitative data. The study found that PuSS, which were involved in SEDP II Programme had poor and insufficient inputs. It was, therefore, recommended that there is a need for the Central Government to allocate enough funds to its schools to cater for all necessary inputs required. To alleviate the inadequacy of educational inputs in PuSS the Government through the Ministry of Education, Science and Technology, should allocate enough funds to cater for all necessary inputs for better teaching and learning environment. Furthermore, the government should equip PuSS with the needed trained personnel for fiscal and human resources management. Moreover, more efforts should be done by local educational officers to use locally available resources to cater for inputs which are affordable to them so as to equip PuSS in proper manner.