Browsing by Author "Kabanda, Milly"

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    Building safer secondary schools in Uganda through collective commitment to health and safety compliance
    (Online Submission, 2014) Sekiwu, Denis; Kabanda, Milly
    The area of safety and accident prevention is of great concern to managers, because of the increasing number of deaths and accidents at work places. Using a case of Wakiso district, the study sought to investigate the relationship between collective commitment and management of health and safety in Ugandan secondary schools. The study employed a cross sectional survey design and collected data from 31 public and private secondary schools. The focus was on head teachers or deputies, teachers, wardens and school nurses. The correlation analysis indicated that there is a significant and positive relationship between collective commitment and managed health and safety (r= 0.567, p≤ 0.01). The study concluded that, ensuring health and safety in Ugandan secondary schools demands for collective involvement of stakeholders. It also requires a strict observation and enforcement of health and safety rules and regulations as well as the use of protection requirements.
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    Relationship between Risk Assessment and Compliance to Health and Safety in Ugandan Secondary Schools
    (Donnish Journal of Educational Research and Reviews, 2015) Sekiwu, Denis; Kabanda, Milly; Naluwemba, Esther Frances; Tamale Kagwa, Victoria
    Health hazards are part and parcel of human life necessitating the provision of safety in every organizational environment (WHO regional Office for Africa, 2004). Likewise, the area of safety and accident prevention is of great concern to school improvement. The study sought to investigate the relationship between Risk Assessment and Compliancy to Health and Safety in Secondary schools in Wakiso District. The study employed a cross sectional survey design on 31 secondary schools. The results established that there is a significant and a positive relationship between risk assessment and compliance to health and safety (r=.56, p≤ 0.05). The study concluded and recommended that, ensuring health and safety requires repetitive assessment of risks so as to minimize hazardous situations. It also demands the collective involvement of educational stakeholders in the task of risk assessment and implementation of health and safety laws and regulations in Ugandan and African Schools.