Assessing Sustainability of Sanitation Technologies Recommended for Rural Settings: A Case Study of Morogoro District, Tanzania

Seleman, Amour

doi:10.25148/etd.fi12080612

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“…This mirrors earlier observations by HakiElimu (2012) which found that although SMCs regular meetings were conducted, they were only attended by a few SMCs members. This experience is similar to the observation made by Seleman (2015) in Morogoro who found that peasants could not attend meetings due to the collision of the meetings with farm work and market days. In Indonesia, Halick et al (2019) reported that school committees were not active in performing their main duties and functions because of their preoccupation with their respective professions.…”

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Participation in School Committees in Monitoring Primary School Projects in the Nyang’hwale District in Tanzania

Masanyiwa

Magaria

Shauri

2023

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School committees hold a central role in decision making on various issues about the development and delivery of primary education, including the monitoring of school projects. This study examined the participation of school committees in monitoring primary school projects in selected schools in Nyang’hwale District in the Geita Region. Specifically, the study determined the extent of school committee members’ participation in monitoring school projects and examined factors influencing the school committee’s participation in monitoring primary school projects. A purposive sampling technique was used to select 17 primary schools and 136 school committee members and key informants involved in the study. Data were collected through structured interviews using a structured questionnaire, key informant interviews and documentary review, and were analyzed for descriptive statistics, chi-square test and binary logistic regression. Results showed that most of the school committee members participated in project identification and planning, but less in budgeting activities. The main factors that influenced the participation of school committees were their perceived ability to speak up in meetings, their willingness to participate and their source of information. It was concluded that school committees’ participation in monitoring school projects was limited and constrained by gender imbalance. Thus, there is a need for capacity building for school committees to enhance their capacity for their roles and responsibilities.

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Participation in School Committees in Monitoring Primary School Projects in the Nyang’hwale District in Tanzania

Masanyiwa

Magaria

Shauri

2023

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“…After defining indicators, an appropriate method of evaluation for each indicator was established: how to evaluate a specific indicator? Then ranking/scoring technique (e.g., with scale 1 to 3 for ordinal variables and 1 and 2 for dichotomous variables) is essential, whereby small number and large number presents a low (inferior variable) and higher (superior variable) fulfilment of the indicator objective respectively (Seleman, 2012). Such was obtained by comparing the system needs to be sustainable to the selected variables (targets) against SIs (local circumstances).…”

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Sustainability assessment of existing septic systems in residential buildings: a case study of Mwanza city, Tanzania

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Septic system (SS) is the oldest anaerobic wastewater treatment system still widely employed today in suburban and urban areas. The sustainability of SS in developing countries, including Tanzania, is restricted by several constraints (e.g., poor installation and hydraulic overloading (technical issues), poor resource recovery practices (economic issue), maintenance and awareness (social issues), etc.). Efforts have been done to improve SSs’ sustainability, but the improvement is hindered by a lack of information on how to guarantee SSs sustainability mainly, at the household level. Therefore, this study was aimed to assess the SSs’ sustainability in residential buildings in Mwanza city, Tanzania emphasizing economic, environmental, technical, and social aspects. The sustainability assessment (SA) was accomplished by study area and sustainability indicators (SIs) selection methods, diverse data collection methods, and the Fuzzy-based Indices Approach (FIA) (data analysis method). The results from SA show that 18 out of 50 indicators were selected as appropriate indicators for SA of 200 households having SSs in the Nyegezi area. Also, the entire systems in the city had an index of 0.42 and fall in a danger state. It was concluded that the SIs assessed were relevant to the studied system. They demonstrate the importance of matching any set of indicators to the characteristics of the specific sanitation system being examined. Indeed, corrective measures must be suggested for immediate livelihood improvement and sustainability considerations. The study provided a tool and framework for assessing the sustainability of SSs in Tanzania using a set of most 18 relevant SIs.

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Assessing Sustainability of Sanitation Technologies Recommended for Rural Settings: A Case Study of Morogoro District, Tanzania

Cited by 2 publications

References 16 publications

Participation in School Committees in Monitoring Primary School Projects in the Nyang’hwale District in Tanzania

Participation in School Committees in Monitoring Primary School Projects in the Nyang’hwale District in Tanzania

Sustainability assessment of existing septic systems in residential buildings: a case study of Mwanza city, Tanzania

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