Headteachers’ leadership styles and students’ academic achievements in Uganda: a case study of secondary schools in Kisoro municipality, Kisoro district, Uganda.

Nkurikiyimana, Joshua

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dc.contributor.author	Nkurikiyimana, Joshua
dc.date.accessioned	2024-05-02T12:03:03Z
dc.date.available	2024-05-02T12:03:03Z
dc.date.issued	2023-10-12
dc.identifier.citation	Nkurikiyimana, J. (2023) Headteachers’ leadership styles and students’ academic achievements in Uganda: a case study of secondary schools in Kisoro municipality, Kisoro district, Uganda, Nkumba University.	en_US
dc.identifier.uri	https://pub.nkumbauniversity.ac.ug/xmlui/handle/123456789/1132
dc.description	A Dissertation Submitted to the School of Education as a Partial Fulfilment of the Requirements for the Award of the Degree of Master of Educational Planning and Management of Nkumba University	en_US
dc.description.abstract	This paper examines the influence of head teachers’ school leadership styles on students’ academic performance, a case study of Kisoro Municipality Secondary Schools, Kisoro district Uganda. The objectives of the study were; to examine the Head teachers’ leadership styles in secondary schools; to find out how the school head teachers’ leadership styles impact the students’ academic performance, to find out the extent to which head teacher’s style of managing teachers influence students’ academic performance and to find strategies to be used by the school administration in uplifting the academic performance of the students. A random stratified sampling method was used to select 100 students, 10 teachers and purposive method used to select 2 head teachers. Questionnaires, observation, interview and documents were used for data collection. Quantitative data were analyzed in terms of descriptive statistics whereas qualitative data qualitatively. The study recommends that Head teachers should intensify the routine checking of professional records by teachers to ensure adherence to the dictates of the professional records. This effort must be supported by the quality assurance officers from the ministry of education who will be doing external quality reviews on a regular basis.	en_US
dc.language.iso	en	en_US
dc.publisher	Nkumba University	en_US
dc.subject	Headteachers’ leadership styles	en_US
dc.subject	Leadership styles	en_US
dc.subject	Students’ academic achievements	en_US
dc.subject	Secondary schools	en_US
dc.subject	Kisoro municipality	en_US
dc.subject	Kisoro district, Uganda	en_US
dc.title	Headteachers’ leadership styles and students’ academic achievements in Uganda: a case study of secondary schools in Kisoro municipality, Kisoro district, Uganda.	en_US
dc.type	Thesis	en_US