Impact of School Remoteness on Students’ Academic Performance in Community Secondary Schools: The Case Study of Morogoro District-Tanzania

This study was set to find out the impacts of school remoteness on students' academic performance in community secondary schools in Morogoro District Council. The study employed descriptive research design. The mixed methods approach was involved in the study. The sample size of the study was 60 people, which consists of 1 DEO, 4 head of schools, 12 teachers, 32 students and 11 parents. The study used simple random sampling technique to get teachers and students while purposive sampling technique was used in select heads of schools, DEO, and parents. Questionnaires, interviews, focus group discussions and document review tools of data collection were employed in this study. The study found that, students' dropout from school, truancy, early pregnancies, early marriages, and class repetition were the effects of school be located far from students' homes. Lastly, the study recommends that, introduction of food programs at school, construction of hostels, provision of transport facilities, the government should build more secondary schools near people settlements, and parents should support various ongoing educational projects in their surrounding areas.