Factors That Affect Strategic Planning Implementation in Diploma Teachers Colleges in Tanzania

Abstract

Quality education of primary and secondary schools is dependent on quality teachers who depend on quality teachers training colleges. Despite that, colleges are service-oriented; the Government requires them to make a strategic plan to help succeed in their college activities (Medium Term Strategic Planning and Budgeting Manual, 2005). A strategic plan in teachers colleges helps the academic achievement and income-generating projects and minimizes dependency of subsidy from the Central Government. It also helps to plan for the construction and renovation of college buildings (School Construction and Maintenance Strategy-SCMS 2019). Although, the government introduced a strategic plan to Teachers Colleges for success and survival, visit inspection report for colleges conducted by quality assurance officers in June 2018 revealed that some colleges failed to prepare the strategic plan on time (Quality assurance inspection report for colleges, 2018). Incidentally, while some colleges that have strategic plans were performing better in terms of academic performance and income-generating projects, some colleges continued to have poor academic performance despite having a strategic plan. An evaluation study done by the Ministry of Education in all teacher's colleges and visit inspection reports for colleges conducted by quality assurance officers in Northern Eastern Zone Lake and Eastern zone revealed that some colleges were missing an action plan, a very important document that put the strategic plan into action.