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    School Management Strategies and Girl Child Empowerment in Secondary Schools in Manafwa District
    (Uganda Christian University, 2024-11-05) Paul Kimono
    The study investigated the effect of headteachers application of school management strategies on girl-child empowerment in secondary schools in Manafwa District. Specifically, the study sought to establish the effect of application of authoritative school management strategy on girl-child empowerment; the effect of authoritarian school management strategy on girl-child empowerment; and the effect of application of permissive school management strategy on girl-child empowerment in the secondary schools in Manafwa District. The study adopted a descriptive research design in which both qualitative and quantitative approaches were used to collect data from a total of 136 respondents. The respondents were selected using purposive and simple random sampling and data was gathered using a self-administered questionnaire and face-to-face interviews. Quantitative data collected was analyzed using decriptive and inferential statistics generated using the Statistical Package for Social Scientistis (SPSS - ver 20) while the qualitative data was analyzed using thematic and content analysis. The study found out that for use of authoritative school management strategy, at .229; p=.000 < .05; for authoritarian school management strategy, at .225; p=.000 < .05; and for permissive school management strategy, at .167; p=.000 < .05. the multiple regression revealed that headteachers application of the school management strategies accounted for 30.3% of the girl-child empowerment in the secondary schools in Manafwa District. The study concluded that headteachers application of authoritative school management strategy has a significant effect on girl-child empowerment in the secondary schools; headteachers use of authoritarian school management strategy has a significant effect on girl-child empowerment in the secondary schools; headteachers use of permissive school management strategy also had a significant effect on girl-child empowerment in the secondary schools in Manafwa District. On the whole, headteachers application of the three school management strategies has a significant effect on girl-child empowerment in the secondary schools in Manafwa District. The study recommended among other things that; headteachers should minimize the use of permissive school management strategy because it accounts for only a marginal proportion of girl-child empowerment in the secondary schools; and also, headteachers should engage in more than one school management strategy since a combination of more than one accounts for higher chances of empowering the girl-children in the secondary schools. Key words: School management strategies; girl-child empowerment, secondary schools, Manafwa district.