Browsing by Author "Belay Fanta Engidu"

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    Practices and Gaps of Involvement of Parents/Guardians with poor Economic Status and Well-to-do Families in Children's Education: The case of Aman primary school
    (Addis Ababa University , 2020-06) Belay Fanta Engidu; Yehwalawork, Abebe
    This study aims to investigate the level of parental/guardians involvement in children education in Aman primary school Situated in Bench-Sheko zone in Southern Nations Nationalities and peoples Region. Mixed research approach particularly explanatory sequential design was employed for the conduct of the study. Of the total of 151 samples (male=73, female=78), 140 parents: 70 from low income families were selected by purposive sampling and 70 from well-to- do families were selected by simple random sampling. In addition, 10 regular teachers and 1 member of PTSA of the school were selected by purposive sampling.. Accordingly, adapted questionnaire and semi-structured interview was employed to collect data. Descriptive and inferential statistics were employed to generate meaning out of the collected data. The findings of this research revealed that parents from low economic status involved less in children education than parents from well-to-do families. In addition, the status of monthly income of parents/guardians has produced significant difference in academic achievement of students among well-to-do and low-income families. The result of independent sample t-test indicated that there is significant difference in the academic performance of children from well- to-do and low income families. Therefore, schools are required to enhance their commitment in collaboration with the Ministry of Education and other relevant stakeholders to promote parenting in the education system of the country regardless of the existing economic status difference among families of students