Assessment of Managerial Strategies in Fostering Students from Transhumant Communities to Participate in Secondary Education

Joel William and Dr. Sophia John Laiser
Department of Education
Tumaini University, Makumira, Tanzania
Email: williamjoel515@gmail.com/laisersophia@gmail.com

Abstract: The study assessed the managerial strategies in fostering students from transhumant communities to participate in a formal education. The study employed the mixed method approach with descriptive design and a sample of 46 research participants. Descriptive and Thematic analyses were used to analyze data. Questionnaires, interviews and focus group discussion tools were used to gather data. The results revealed that strategies like boarding and mobile schools can be established in transhumant settlements, to motivate teachers working in harsh environment, disbursement of financial resources, establish a special database for transhumant communities, strengthen collaboration with religious sects, lawful polices formulation, establishment, management, and maintenance of schools and monitoring and evaluation of curriculum implementation. However, there are some challenges identified as follows: early marriages for males and females, gender inequality, poor education among parents from local community and harmful traditional practices like night dances and FGM. Therefore, such results imply that transhumant communities require social amenities to curb all challenges that stand as roadblocks to participation in a formal education.