Browsing by Author "Elias Girma"

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    The Implementation of Science Curricula in Missionary Owned Secondary Schools of Ethiopia: The Case of Catholic Church in East Shoa, Oromia Regional State
    (Addis Ababa university, 2007-07) Elias Girma; Solomon Areaya
    This study was sought to under. tand how InlSSlOnQlY owned secondOlY schools implement the science curricula of grade 9 and 10 vis-a-vis the Education amI Training Policy of the country. The study was conducted on three Catholic Chlln.:h owned secondary schools in East Shoa Zone. To achieve the objectives of the study. all school principals (3 in numbers) and all science teachers (l4 in number~) were selected based on their avai/ability and 140 students were selected through simple random samp.';ng technique. In-depth interviews with principals, focus group discussions with science teacher'. observations and questionnaires for students and teachers were employed to collect data for this study. The data obtained were: analyzed using both qUQnfitalive and qualitative analysis methods. The study revealed that the surveyed schools were successful in crealing oj conducive teaching learning context'jor science curriculc:z in terms of supply (~t infrastructures, instructionalfacUities, and material resources (physically), creating good communica.tion channel among school communities and providing in·scr, .. ice training programs for teaching staff. That is, they attempted to inve t more f or successful implementation of science curricu!t,mz materials. In contrast to these facts, most of activiti?s observed in the schools were not congruence with the statements of curri~ulum materials. This is evident that principals and teachers performance with regard to the requirements of cZlrriculum materials were found minimal and students' attitude of learning science subjects was also not as expected. In general, it was found that the schools don't imp/em ill the science curricula as intended. Attempt has been made to identify factors that hinder the successful implementation of curriculum materials. Among the facrors identified: the complex nature of school management structure, shortage q( J'<: / ·.T dlZt instructional material resources in the schools for grade 9 and 10 selene;! , lIbi<.!dS. lack of commitlnent on 'he side of principals, students and teachers to utili:::' Ihe available school resources, absence of collaboration trend between missio/1 '(,hoofs und governmental bodies and absence of relevant in-service training programs for .. teachers were found the major challenges that hinder the effectivp curriculum implementation process in the surveyed schools
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    The Role of Electronic Banking on the Financial Performance of Commercial Banks in Ethiopia
    (A.A.U., 2019-12) Elias Girma; Abebe Yitayew
    This study examines the Roles of E-banking on Financial Performance of commercial Banks in Ethiopia using return on equity as proxy of profitability. Technological development by banks is significant to maximize returns and pull in more customers who are becoming complex and demanding for better and quality service. The study used secondary data and employed purposive sampling technique to select ten commercial banks operating in Ethiopia covering the periods from 2015 to 2018. In light of prior literature, key bank specific and macroeconomic variables were identified to disclose their relationship and influence on financial performance of commercial banks. These variables were number of ATM terminals, number of debit cards, number of mobile banking users, value of ATM transactions, value of mobile banking transactions, bank size and inflation rate. The fixed effect regression technique and correlation analysis was used to analyze the data using the econometric package STATA version 13 software. The regression analysis showed that from bank specific variables, number of mobile banking users and value of ATM transactions had positive and significant roles on bank’s profitability measured by return on equity which indicated that increasing the number of mobile banking users and the value or price of transactions executed by ATM had a positive roles on the financial performance of commercial banks as these made basic financial services more accessible by minimizing time and distance to the nearest bank branches as well as reduced the bank‘s overheads and transaction- related costs and had the potential to extend the limited nature and reach of the formal financial services to various customers thereby increasing their profitability. On the other hand bank size had negative and significant role while inflation had a positive significant role from macroeconomic variable on bank’s profitability. The study suggests that focusing and enhancing on awareness creation alongside the key internal drivers could enhance e-banking practice as well as the performance of commercial banks in Ethiopia.