Browsing by Author "Zeleke, Befekadu(Dr"

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    Factors Affecting Female Teachers Participation in School Leadership in Government Secondary School in Arsi Zone of Oromia Regional State
    (AAU, 2021-09) Usman, Sultan; Zeleke, Befekadu(Dr
    The purpose of the study was to search out the factors that affect female Participation in secondary school leadership in Arsi Zone. To realize these purpose three basic questions related to major factors that effect on female teacher’s participation in school leadership were raised. The study employed a descriptive survey design that involves the use of both qualitative and quantitative methods in data gathering and analysis. Data was gathered from both primary and secondary sources. Primary sources were 115 female teachers, 14 school Leaders (principals vice principals and Supervisors) five Woreda education heads. Purposive sampling technique was employed to select female teachers from nine government secondary schools and Simple random sampling technique was employed to select school leaders at school levels and Woreda education heads at woreda levels. The findings of the study indicated that the involvement of female teachers in educational leadership seems to show an insignificant increment each year in the last three years. There are different factors that have narrowed female teachers from participated in secondary school leadership. These factors are related to institutional Personal and Cultural. As institutionalfactor,implementers have minimal knowledge of policies that could empower women in affirmative action, most of the educational leadership positions are occupied by males in schools so that females couldn‘t get opportunities to show their talent, there is no available special support for female teachers, educational institutions have no official effort to make females active participants and lack of women role models in educational institutions affects participation of other women aspiring for leader. As Personalfactor,Women’s responsibilities of family child bearing and taking care of home affect their participation in leadership,because of their low self-perception the confidentiality of female on their ability, qualification and experience is lowand because of school far from their homes, female are reluctant to accept educational leadership.AsCulturalfactor,Cultural attitude of our school society was not encourages women to assume on key educational leadership positions and most people still having attitude and perception that decision making power rests with men. In line with the above findings it was recommended that the Woreda, Zonal education offices and regional education bureau should properly implement the strategies and affirmative action and should to establish mechanisms to enhance the capacity of female school leaders by providing constant training, making clear policies of the school in line with strategies of the ministry of education
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    Factors Affecting the Participation of Women in Leadership in Secondary Schools of East Wollega Zone
    (AAU, 2021-09) Merga, Fikadu; Zeleke, Befekadu(Dr
    This study aims at analyzing specific factors affecting women participation in educational leadership in selected public secondary schools in East Wollega Zone. To conduct this study, a descriptive survey design was employed. The participants of this study were 130 selected by using purposive sampling techniques. Out of these 95 participants are teachers. Twenty women included from teaching staffs to get more insight from females, four principals, four vice principals, three officers from woreda education office, and four school supervisor. Data were collected by using questionnaire, interview and document analysis. Both quantitative and qualitative data analysis were employed in order to reach at the result. Later on data were cleaned, coded, fed in and analyzed by using SPSS version 20 as a tool that helps for descriptive analysis of the data. The findings of the study revealed that school leadership seems as if it is mainly kept for men alone. Among the various reasons for low female participation in school leadership social factors, sex role stereotyping has deterring effect as these issues label females as weak and dependent, not as leaders in a family or community. Female teachers’ involvement in school leadership is at its very low. This is mainly influenced by social factors that give lower position for females due to sex role stereotyping. Moreover, there is a tradition that dictates women role as caregivers at home, giving them more burden at home providing them with less time to invest in school leadership. Women also face severe discrimination from institutional side due to organizational culture and structural problems than what men face. Women has shown less personal aspiration in seeking for leadership position.