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Item Assessment of Reward System: On the Case of Federal Courts(Addis Ababa University, 2015-05) Mekonnen, Dawit; Mekonnen, Worku (PhD)The main objective of this study was to assess the reward system of Federal courts; while the specific objectives were: (1) To assess the financial reward system of the organization.(2) To assess non-financial reward system of the organization.(3) To assess the attitude of employees towards the Reward System. The study was based on both primary and secondary data in form of questionnaires and literature respectively. The study was descriptive in nature and it employed quantitative techniques of data collection system. In this study samples were selected based on proportional stratified sampling technique, after selecting the sample for the distribution of the questionnaire random sampling data collection technique were applied. And data was analyzed by using descriptive statistics frequency, percentage, mean and standard deviation in the table format. the findings revealed that, majority of the employees were Female, age group of 18 to 29, had a diploma and serve above 10 years in the organization. And both payment and benefit packages of financial reward scored below the minimum satisfactory point. Like the financial reward, the components of non-financial reward promotion, recognition, working condition and work content gained less than the minimum satisfactory point. Based on the findings this study concluded that both financial as well as non financial rewards provided by the organization were unsatisfactory and the employees were working in a state of dissatisfaction. Based on this, the study recommended that the organization should communicate its employees with regard to the current status of reward system provided by the organization also the organization must create an opportunity for its employees in order to participate on the formulation phase of reward system. in order to solve the existing problems with regard to financial rewards Federal Courts either press on Ethiopian Civil Service Agency to improve its current salary scale and benefit packages or federal courts should be an independent organization to formulate their own financial reward scale and package With regard to promotion packages the organization should lay down the foundation of fair, transparent and equitable promotion package. In order to enhance the moral of employees the organization should instigate staff appreciation and recognition ideas like selecting employee of the month, Golden hand shake, post thank you note on an employee’s door and include an employees in a special meetingItem An Evaluation of the Implementation of Seventh Grade English Syllabus in Eastern Gojjam(Addis Ababa University, 1999-05) Mekonnen, Dawit; Zewdie, Marew (PhD)This study was mainly aimed to investigate the extent of implementation of grade 7 English syllabus. The subjects of the study included 20 teachers, 100 students and 8 directors from eight schools in Eastern Gojjam, selected using multi-stage cluster, available, purposive and simple random sampling techniques. Six 1999 first semester examination papers were a lso collected from 6 schools. Observation, questionnaire, interview and document analysis were used to gather data. Percentages, mean values, correlation, t-test and regression were used to analyze the collected data. Results show that 65% of the teachers and above that in certain roles saw themselves as not competent, with their existing knowledge and skill, to use roles suggested in the syllabus and declared that they need inservice training and help from colleagues. Teachers over all mean value in perceived competence also found to be 2.6, in between category 2 (inservice training and help form colleagues) and category 3 (lillIe help from colleagues). Teachers extent of implementation of the syllabus found to be 38.75% and the quality of implementation was also close to attempted (1.02), from a four point rating scale. At least 80% of the teachers were at or below 'mechanical use' in all categories except acquiring information, entailing disjointed and superficial implementation. Teachers also failed to measure proportionally various objectives of the syllabus as most of the exam items (73%) were related to language rules. Teachers, however, reported relatively higher degree of implementation (59%) while students report tend to be similar to what is observed. Inservice training, perceived competence and participation found to have a significant positive relationship with actual classroom practice of teachers and along with experience accounted for 49% of the variation in actual classroom practice. Teachers perceived competence tend to be the only independent significant predictor of teachers actual classroom practice accounting for 35% of the variation. Lack or inadequacy of inservice training, students poor background knowledge, teachers lack of competence to use syllabus roles, difficulty of roles and poor supply of materials such as textbook and teacher's guide appeared to be the major hindering factors in the implementation of the syllabus. The conclusion to be drawn from the study is that aspects of the new English grade seven syllabus are being implemented minimally and poorly due to teachers lack of competence and other factors mentioned earlier. The implementation process in the past two years failed to maintain some fet1ile grounds like training teachers with new skills and knowledge and supplying necessary materials sufficiently. Hence it appears to be wise and timely to take appropriate measures to change the much unchanged operational syllabus.Item Students’ Level of Social and Emotional Skills: The Case of Grade 7 and 8 Government Schools in Addis Ababa Ethiopia.(Addis Ababa University, 2018-09) Tadesse, Genet; Mekonnen, DawitThis study examined students’ social and emotional skills in elementary school students found in Bole sub city Addis Ababa. Measures taken by teachers in order to build their students social and emotional development level were also assessed. A sample of 95 elementary students and 10 teachers were used for the study. In the process of answering the basic questions, questionnaires, interviews and focus group discussions were applied to generate sufficient data. The data were analyzed using SPSS and summarized using frequency distribution tables and measures of central statistics. The study obtained answers to the research questions by using qualitative exploratory research method. As a result, the Social and emotional skills of elementary students was seen to be poor. Teachers were found to believe in the importance of teaching students regarding Social Emotional skills. But, practical measures being taken with the aim to build students’ social and emotional skills were seen to be minimal. Furthermore, it is concluded that despite the efforts of their teachers, the majority of the students have poor awareness level regarding their social and emotional skills. Based on the major findings, recommendations were forwarded to improve the Social Emotional skills of students.