Browsing by Author "Girma Habte"

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    Running head: Push And Pull Factors, Psychosocial Challenges
    (Addis Ababa University, 2014) Girma Habte; Darge Wole
    The study examines the push and pull factors, psychosocial challenges and coping mechanisms of housemaids in Woreda 09 area of Yeka Sub City in Addis Ababa. Woreda 9 was selected based on the researcher’s observation, interest and knowledge of the area. Housemaids, brokers, and government offices were the target population for the study. Finally, four hundred maids were identified as the total number of maid workers based on the data from the eighty nine registered agencies in the Woreda. 196 maids were selected as a final target using Krejcie and Morgan sampling formula. Offices of Woreda Women’s, Children and Youth Affairs and Labour and Social Affairs and two broker agencies were selected purposely as key informants. The instruments used to collect information were questionnaire, interview and focus group discussion guide. The instruments were reviewed by psychology and linguistic experts, pilot test was conducted, and content validity of coping measurement scale made and five psychology graduate students rated the relevance, clarity and comprehensiveness of the items. Cronbach's Alpha for the adapted 16 item coping scale was .667. The researcher and other two trained data collectors participated in distributing and collecting the questionnaire. Among the 196 respondents intensive interview was conducted with 13 maids. Focus group discussion was also conducted consisting of ten participants. The study used thematic analysis to organize the qualitative data and the quantitative data were coded and processed using Statistical Package for Social Science (SPSS) version 21.0 to compute descriptive statistics. Personal expectations and impression from returnees (35 percent), teenager’s responsibility to support their parents by earning money (32 percent), access to better education (19.6 percent), and limited job opportunities in a rural area (9.2 percent) remain the predominant pushing and pulling factors for adolescent girl’s movement. Maids faced emotional and moral abuses (64.7 percent), sexual harassment (11 percent) and physical abuse (17.9 percent) at their workplace. Humiliations and abuse, disrespect and embarrassments affected maid’s psychological health. Maids used different methods to cope their challenges and positive reappraisal, seeking social support and problem solving are the three predominant methods of coping that the respondent maids used. In fact the problem is serious and that the attention given to the problem by different stakeholders is, on the whole, limited. Hence, integrated effort of civil societies and government sectors is needed to minimize the psycho social challenges of maids
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    The Status, Challenges, and Prospects of Continuous Professional Development In Oromia: The Case of Two Government Secondary Schools in Jimma Town
    (Addis Ababa University, 2016-06) Girma Habte; Demoz Degefa
    . As part of the GEQIP, the Ministry of Education of Ethiopia introduced a program of in-service Continuous Professional Development in 2000. This qualitative study was aimed to assess the perceptions, practices, and challenges of CPD in two purposely-selected high schools of Jimma town. The employed data collection tools used were in-depth interview, key informant interview, FGD and observation with teachers, principal and a supervisor who were chosen purposely. Besides, document analysis was also used as an additional source of data. Later on, the responses to the interview questions were categorized into three themes and data for these themes were presented in narrative and descriptive forms based on participants understanding and interpretation in addition to the researchers’ reflective analysis. The findings revealed that almost all of the study participants hold a teacher-focused view of CPD. It was also found that the widely practiced CPD activities in an informal and sporadic manner are workshops, trainings, and involvement in some innovative class room management practices, experience sharing, and granting of further education opportunities to teachers. The study revealed that the four major CPD-related challenges were associated with teachers/students, management, resource, and policy. The need to provide timely training , allocate adequate budget and other resources, improving teachers’ life and work conditions are some of the forwarded suggestions.