| dc.description.abstract | This is a case study of a day secondary school in Uganda. The study focuses on factors that served to facilitate and block the achievement of the organizational goals of the school. The purpose of the study was: first, to use sociological concept sand methods to illuminate the functioning of an African school, and how it accomplished or failed to achieve its objectives; second, to assess the consequence of using day secondary schools as an alternative to boarding schools in a developing nation planning the rapid expansion of its second level educational facilities. The study took place in 1962 and 1963. The case study employed the techniques of observation, participant observation, participation, questionnaires, interviews, documents and group discussions. The advantages and disadvantages, problems and limitations of the case study method are presented in chapter 3. The background and context of the study are given in chapters 4 and5. They include information on the development of formal education in Uganda, the history of the school, and the political, social and economic conditions at the time of the study. In specifying the organizational goals of the school the official objectives of the Buganda and Uganda governments, the Headmaster, teachers, students and parents were taken into consideration | |
