Title: Are Students Holistically-Developed in Church-Owned Secondary Schools: An Assessment of Realities from Kilimanjaro Region in Tanzania

Authors: Florida Evarist Malenda & Damas Pius Mapuga

 Florida Evarist Malenda Suore Adoratrici Del Sangue Di Cristo, Via Maria De Mattias, 10-00183, Rome-Italy. E-mail: malendaf@ymail.com
 Damas Pius Mapuga Department of Community Development, The Local Government Training Institute P.O. Box 1125, Dodoma-Tanzania E-mail: dmapuga@gmail.com
*Correspondence: malendaf@ymail.com

Abstract

This paper explores students’ holistic development in church-owned Tanzanian secondary schools where Kilimanjaro was used as a case study. The objective of the study was to explore stakeholders’ views on students’ social development on top of intellectual nurture. A case study design included forty-two (42) informants from different groups. Data were collected by using interview, focus group discussion, documentary review, and observation. Results show that church-owned secondary schools in Kilimanjaro region emphasize students’ holistic development on top of academic undertaking, and that the extents to which different aspects are practised differ significantly from one school to another. The Study recommends for another study to be carried out to non-church-owned schools to see whether the results can be generalized.

Keywords: Holistic development, Church-Owned schools, Social development, Canon laws, Diocese