Browsing by Author "Zergaw, Demis (PhD)"
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Item Community Participation in the Implementation of School Improvement Program in Government Primary Schools of Gondar Town(Addis Ababa University, 2011-05) Bekalu, Molla; Zergaw, Demis (PhD)The major i/llent of this swdy was to assess the currellt practices alld the illfluellce of school alld COllllllllllity factors 011 the level of commullity participatioll ill the implemelltatioll of school improvemellt program ill government prim ary schools of COlldar tOWII. To achieve rhese objecrives, a descriptive survey merhod was emplo,·erl. From a rota I offorn' govemmellf prilllUlT schools, rell schools were selecred as a sample of the stud,' usillg simple ralldom r('chll ique. Data were collecred from prillcipals, teachers, parents, conllllluliry represen{{/ ri1'(!s ill Parent Tea cher Associarions (P TA ) alld School Improvemenr Commillee (SIC) and education officials through questiollnaires alld illrerview. The surve\' quesrionnaires , .. ere distributed to 90 teachers, 264 parenrs, and 40 PTA and SIC members. Among rhe fOral 394 distributed questionllaires, 372(94.42%) quesrionnaires were filled and retumed. Moreover, interviews were held with school principals and educational officials. The data obtained Fom quesrionnaires were allalyzed using percentage and fII ean scores and the data gathered employing illterviews and opell ended quesrions were qualiratively described. Accordinglv, rhe resulrs of rhe srudV have suggesred thor rhe relarionship berween school alld COllllllull ir." was nor close enuugh to lead ro a cooperarive e[fon rOlvards rhe implefllenrarion of school improvemellr programs; rhe ejJon of school admillistrators to involve the cOfllfll ulliry ill rhe implementatioll of school improvemellr program was inadequate; finallcial constraillts a ll the parr of comllllmity significanth' ajJec1ed their participation in rhe ifllp lemelltarioll of school improvement program; alld community awarelless on school improvemel/r program was low. Thus, to minimize problems related to commulliry participarioll ill school improvemel/r prografll , school-commullity relationship should be strengrhelled; traillillg should be organ ized for school administrarors on how to in volve and work wirh the commlmity in school ajJairs; and orientalioll should be given ro rhe commulliry to enhallce th eir {Il vareness all roles alld responsibilities they have to play ill the implementar ioll of school ifllprovemellr programItem Practices and Challenges of Kebele Education and Training Board Participation in the Management of Preparatory Schools in North Showa Zone of Oromia Regional State(Addis Ababa University, 2011-06) Gudeta, Shimelis; Zergaw, Demis (PhD)The main objective of this study was to assess the practices and challenges of KETB participation in the management of selected preparatory schools, in North Shoa Zone, Oromia Regional State. The selected schools for this study were Gohatsion, Gebre Guracha, Degem, Fitche, Debre Tsige, and Muke Turi preparatory schools from 18 preparatory Schools. Samples were taken from six schools from a total of 174 teachers, 72 KETB and PTA members for questionnaires and 12 Principals and 6 Supervisors for interview were selected by using total population and available sampling technique. The study was carried out with descriptive survey method and both qualitative and quantitative approaches were used.The quantitative data obtained through questionnaire were present and interpreted by using tables. The data collected through questionnaire were analyzed quantitatively using descriptive statistics particularly frequency, percentiles and mean. On the other hand, the data found from interview and document analysis were analyzed qualitatively using narrative descriptive method. The major finding indicated that the participation of KETB members in the school management were poor, and lack of interest and awareness, lack of knowledge, shortage of time and pressure from school principals were some challenges for poor KETB participation on the school management functions. KETB poor participation highly affected the school improvement and students’ achievement. Therefore, based on the findings of the study, it was recommended that facilitating training and creating a suitable environment to fully participate KETB members is mandatory. Additionally, KETB members should improve their interest by giving incentives, training and commitment and try to participate the community and local NGOs to improve the school teaching learning. Key words: Practices, Challenges, Participation, School Management