Community Participation in Decision Making and Sustainability of Primary Schools in Uganda

Abstract

The study investigated the relationship between community participation in decision making and sustainability of private primary schools in Uganda. Specifically, the study examined the relationship between community t participation in: decision making and sustainability of selected primary schools in four districts, Uganda. The study was a cross-sectional survey that adopted both quantitative and qualitative approaches to observe a sample of 269 respondents using Questionnaires and interview guides. used in the study. Whereas qualitative data was analyzed using content and thematic analysis, quantitative data was analyzed using descriptive and inferential statistics. The study found a positive significant relationship between community participation in decision making and sustainability of private primary schools in Uganda. The study recommended that communities should be mobilized and empowered through community representatives to be more involved in management and monitoring of private undertaking like school.