The School Quality Assurance (SQA) department has moved from a school inspection approach and so this study assessed how secondary schools perceive the current SQA approach. The main purpose of the study was to get an insight of teachers’ perceptions on the influence of Quality Assurance’s feedback report in improving teaching in Morogoro municipality. The study adopted a qualitative research approach and also employed non-probability sampling specifically purposive sampling to get sample of 15 respondents who met the required characteristic of having experience in both school inspections means the former and the current inspection systems. Simple random sampling method was used to obtain three (3) secondary schools out of twenty three (23) government secondary schools which are found in two (2) wards. The collected data were analyzed descriptively and the findings were organized according to themes. The study was mainly guided by one theory which is Theory X and Theory Y, the analysis and discussion of the research findings revealed that the majority of the interviewed secondary school teachers have positive perceptions on the quality assurance feedback reports that they facilitate their profession growth and improvement of the teaching and learning in secondary schools. Thought challenges that feedback reports encounter such as inequity recommendations comparison with other full resourced secondary school, inedibility of some responses to solve their challenges at the time; SQA Officers take these challenges to the respective authorities to be resolved. The study recommends that; good and strong positive relationship and cooperation between teachers and SQA Officers should be maintained to enable the visit feedback reports enhance pedagogical and other professional skills assistance useful for effective teaching, SQA increase frequency of regular school visits and follow-ups, Provision of educative seminars and reading articles to facilitate professional development and provide school quality assurance feedback reports to responsible and respective stakeholders and resolve in time.
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Secondary School Teachers, School Quality Assurance, Feedback Reports, Effective Teaching
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Christian Mbunga Kissa, Eugenia Lucas Wandela. (2022). Secondary School Teachers’ Perceptions on Quality Assurance’s Feedback Reports for Effective Teaching in Morogoro Municipality, Tanzania. American Journal of Education and Information Technology, 6(2), 66-80. https://doi.org/10.11648/j.ajeit.20220602.12
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Christian Mbunga Kissa; Eugenia Lucas Wandela. Secondary School Teachers’ Perceptions on Quality Assurance’s Feedback Reports for Effective Teaching in Morogoro Municipality, Tanzania. Am. J. Educ. Inf. Technol. 2022, 6(2), 66-80. doi: 10.11648/j.ajeit.20220602.12
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