Monitoring Systems Mediate Human Capital to Performance of Government Aided Primary Schools in Isingiro District, Uganda. “Using Med Graph program Approach”

Abstract

Purpose: The purpose of this research was to establish whether the Monitoring systems mediate the relationship between human capital and performance of government aided primary school’s in Isingiro District, Uganda. Methodology: A cross sectional research design and post-positivist paradigm were used to collect data from 118 government aided primary schools in Isingiro district, Uganda where 475 respondents participated in the study. The study used closed-ended questionnaires, interview guide and checklists. The schools to be included were selected using simple random sampling and were considered as unit of analysis while the respondents who included District officials, head teachers, teachers and school management committee (SMC) members formed the unit of enquiry, these were selected purposively based on the knowledge they had on the subject matter. Each school selected, provided the information from the respondents who in this case were the head teacher, two (2) teachers and a chairperson of school management committee member. The research was guided by the null hypothesis, Ho1: Monitoring systems do not mediate the relationship between human capital and performance of government aided primary schools in Isingiro District, Uganda. Findings: The findings of the study revealed that the relationship between human capital and performance of government aided primary schools is partially mediated by monitoring systems, hence rejecting the null hypothesis (Ho1) that there is no mediation. The results signified that monitoring systems partially mediates human capital and performance of government aided primary schools in Isingiro District, Uganda. The Unique Contribution to Theory and Practice: This study suggests to planners and managers of government aided primary schools that, since human capital is important for the improvement of primary school performance, it is advisable that the government should impose monitoring systems to oversee the programmes and activities taking place in government aided primary school which possibly caters for teachers’ productivity, school developments and hence improving its performance.