School Management Policies and Students’ Retention in Private Secondary Schools, Masaka City, Uganda

The examination inspected an affiliation amidst school management policies and students’ retention under private secondary educational institutions under Uganda’s Masaka City. This examination was managed by 3 goals specifically; i) To examine the relationship between resource mobilization and students’ retention, ii) To investigate the relationship between stakeholder engagement and students’ retention, and iii) To examine the relationship between school monitoring and students’ retention in private secondary schools in Masaka City, Uganda. This examination adopted research designs for correlation coupled with quantifiable techniques. A 60 responders model size was used which included school heads principals, administrators, and DOS) and tuitors. This examination engaged both analysis methodologies for descriptive and correlations in assessing the quantifiable primary facts that was assembled. The examination disclosed an existence significant and sturdy beneficial affiliation amidst resource mobilization and scholars’ retention under private secondary educational institutions under Uganda’s Masaka City. Also, this examination disclosed an existence of significant and sturdy beneficial affiliation amidst stakeholder engagement and scholars’ retention under private secondary educational institutions under Uganda’s Masaka City. More so, this examination disclosed an existence of significant and beneficial affiliation amidst school monitoring and scholars’ retention under private secondary educational institutions under Uganda’s Masaka City. The examination deduces that school management policies like resource mobilization, stakeholder engagement, and school monitoring are significantly associated with scholars’ retention whereby an improvement within various dimensions of schools’ management policies consequently leads to an increase in scholars’ retention under private secondary educational institutions under Uganda’s Masaka City. This examination proposes that schools must implement early warning systems to track absenteeism, follow up promptly with students who miss classes, and engage parents/guardians when attendance issues arise, as regular attendance is a key predictor of scholars’ retention under private secondary educational institutions under Uganda’s Masaka City.

School Management Policies, Resource Mobilization, Stakeholder Engagement, School Monitoring, and Students’ Retention.

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