Mwasile, Oberd2021-09-152021-09-152019Mwasile, Oberd (2019) Contribution of in-service training to improving administrative skills of public secondary school heads: a case of Mbeya Rural in Tanzania, Masters dissertation, University of Dar es salaamhttp://41.86.178.5:8080/xmlui/handle/123456789/15592Available in print form, East Africana collection, Dr. Wilbert Chagula Library, class mark (THS EAF LB1738.5.T34M82)The study assessed the contributions of in-service training to improving school heads administrative skills specifically in Mbeya rural district in Tanzania. The study employed a qualitative research approach. It was led by four specific objectives namely to find out in-service training programmes conducted in Mbeya rural district to improving administrative skills of school heads, to find out administrative competences offered to school heads through in service training to the improvement of administrative skills in Mbeya rural and to explore the ways of making INSET programmes more potent to improving school heads administrative skills. The study sample consisted of 33 participants that is 15SBCM, 10DMM, 5SSH, 2QAO and 1DEO and the sampling strategies employed was purposive sampling. Data were collected through semi-structured interview and documentary review. The findings reveal that in-service programmes were conducted in Mbeya rural district to school heads to improving administrative skills, it was found that administrative competences offered through in-service training programmes to school heads were project planning, financial management, academic management, and record and information management. Also, it was revealed that in-service training had a greater contribution to school heads since it enables them to acquire skills and knowledge for planning, organizing, coordinating and budgeting. Further, it was found that setting enough financial budgets, selecting high quality instructors, identifying specific skills, avoiding subjectivity and favoritism in selecting participants and making in-service training a contrinuous process could make INSET more potent. It was recommended that, the Ministry of Education and Science and Technology should make greater efforts to organize a continuous and sustainable in-service training on administrative competences for heads of secondary school.enSchool administrationIn-service trainingSchool principalsEducationSecondaryPublic schoolsMbeyaRuralTanzaniaThesis