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    Socio- Economic Conditions That Contribute To Gender Gap In Schools: A Comparative Study of Government And Non- Government Schools In Addis Ababa
    (Addis Ababauniversity, 2007-07) Awano, Abera; like, would (PhD)
    The objective of the study is to compare the gender gap in Government and Nongovernment schools in Addis Ababa and the socio-economic conditions that contribute to such gender gap in both types of schools. It also examines the effect of socio-economic background of students on their results in schools by taking their results in 200512006 grade ten National Examination. Both primary and secondary data were usedfor this study. Primary data was collected by survey method, Focus Group Discussions and key informant interviews. Secondary data was obtained from wrillen materials: both published and unpublished. Qualitative and, quantitative methods of analysis were used in this study. For quantitative analysis, different methods of descriptive and inferential statistics were used. According to the findings of the study, the students in non-government schools come from beller socio-economic background than those in government schools as reflected in parental income and parental education. Considering their results in grade ten national examination students in non-government schools score beller than those in government schuuls. There is relationship between studems ' performance in school and their socioeconomic background in both types of schools. The gender gap in performance is different in both types of schools, in government schools it is infavor of male students, in non-government schools it is slightly in favor of female students. The difference in socio-economic background of students in both types of schools contributes for such difference in gender gap in both types of schools. The females in non government schools achieve beller in national examination than their counterparts in government schools. The males in non- government schools achieve beller than their counterparts in government schools. As far as parental involvement In their childrens 'schooling is concerned those parents who send their children to nongovernment schools are involved in their children's schooling better than those parents who send their children to government schools