Total quality management: a technic for improved student achievement

Abstract

Total quality management (TQM) as a concept of management could be applied in any organisation including the school system. The goal of this study is to determine whether TQM was being practised in the system and the extent to which its practice in the school system has effected positively on students achievement.n THe core concepts of TQM were interpretativley tranlated into a check list to collect data for the purpose and a simple questionnaire for the study was thus also designed to elicit relevant information from the students. IT was discovered that TQM was practiced in the sampled schools. It practice invariably involved the student in decision-making leading to improvement in students acheivement. he following recommendations were made: its practice should be improved upon to further enhace improved students performance, more schools should use it and all stakeholders should be invloved in school management, and seminars on its improtance should be held regularly for all stakeholders in the sector to make its practice more effective and thus further improve student achievement.