Exploring Perceptions of Parents on Head Teachers’ Financial Management Skills in Public Primary Schools in Tanzania

So what does our school district do with the Title 1 funds we receive? In the past funds have been used

| The head teacher is responsible for the whole school from staff, pupil to finances.

To distribute and account for all of the student aid dollars given to students each year and to do this accurately (over 6200 schools)

How much funding the school receives (if public) from the government - depending on how much funds are readily available at a school can result in resources either been diminished or not possible due to lack of funds or more pressing issues at the school whereby money would best

| |Funded by fees paid by parents and income from investments. Governing body responsible for running the school. There are around |

Analysis – An analysis was carried to understand if there is a relationship between the

According to the U.S. Department of Education, the Title I funding program is depicted as a policy that “provides financial assistance to local educational agencies (LEAs) and schools with high numbers or high percentages of children from low-income families to help ensure that all children meet challenging state academic standards” (“Title I, Part A Program”). The program was intended to close the gap between low income students and others with sufficient income. The policy was introduced January 12, 1965 and passed on April 9, 1965. Throughout time, Title I funding has been thought to be efficient ad successful, however, there is new evidence and data contradicting this statement. Title I funding negatively affected students because it

Public school funding is unfair and unequal in most states. However, more concerning is out of the 49 million children in public schools, students living in poverty are affected the most. There are wide disparities in the amount spent on public education across the country, from a high of $18,507 per pupil in New York, to a low of $6,369 in Idaho (Baker, Sciarra, & Farrie, 2015). The question that all stakeholders should be asking is school funding fair?

Section A of Title I provides grants to states to distribute directly to school districts. This is by far the largest source of federal money for local schools. School districts

The head teacher has overall responsibility for the leadership and management of the school, should ensure the school is well managed, organised, providing leadership and direction. Support teachers and other staff, ensuring appropriate policies and procedures are in place. Ensuring good relationships are fostered within the whole school community. The deputy head plays a major role in managing the school and has responsibility for the school in the absence of the head teacher, responsible

When the word school is mentioned, often, we first think about students and teachers. These two groups roughly describe the educational system. This assignment will focus on teachers as stakeholders in public school districts.

If a school receiving federal Title I funding failed to meet the target two years in a row, it would be provided technical assistance and its students would be offered a choice of other public schools to attend. Students in schools that failed to make adequate progress three years in a row also were offered supplemental educational services, including private tutoring. For continued failures, a school would be subject to outside corrective measures, including possible governance changes.

The given theme has been investigated by us for two years. Thus from abstract work it has developed into scientific research to what the volume of the material we provide testifies.

METHOD The study is descriptive, qualitative research on teachers as they attempted to meet new standards. Specifically it is a case study of an elementary school faculty, done in an attempt to

• increased investment to get more children participating in education, and for longer, i.e. the use of scholarship schemes to increase participation