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    An Assessment on the Implementation of Plasma TV Education in Teaching Civic and Ethical Education: The Case of Jajura Secondary and Preparatory School at Hadiya Zone, SNNPR.
    (AAU, 2020-08) Dentore, Bekele; Kemisso, Alebachew (PhD
    The main purpose of this study is to assess factors affecting the implementation of plasma TV in teaching civic and ethical education in Jajura secondary and preparatory school. The mixed (qualitative and quantitative) method of research was followed in data collection and analysis. In line with assumption of facilitating ease in data analysis, the descriptive survey research design was employed. Data were collected from both primary and secondary sources using questionnaire, interviews and through analyzing documents. The populations of the study were one thousand six hundred eighty (1680) students and one hundred thirty seven (137) students selected as a sample of the study using Kothari 2004. The simple random sampling was followed to select the specified sample size. For the sake of achieving the objective of the study, data were collected through questionnaire from 137 students and interviews were conducted with two (2) Vice Directors (academic and administrative) and three (3) civics teachers in purposely selected government secondary and preparatory school of Jajura town administration. Moreover, two (2) officials from education office of the town administration were interviewed. The participants in the interview were purposely selected on the bases of their working position, responsibility and experience, whereas respondents to the questioner were randomly selected by using lottery method to fill the questionnaires. The interview data were analyzed using descriptive narration and the questionnaires were analyzed using statistical analysis of descriptive analysis by using Statistical Package for Social Science (SPSS version 21). The finding revealed that, the attitudinal challenges and infrastructural related challenges mainly affect the implementation of plasma TV teaching in the study area. Besides, the skill gap in both teachers and students’ side in manipulating plasma TV was mentioned as other challenges. Thus, the ministry of education and other concerned bodies should work on improving infrastructural services to make the service available in the area. Awareness should be created on the school community. Teachers and students need to be equipped with getting sufficient knowledge and skills on how to manipulate and manage plasma TV. Further, the school should search additional sources of budget to solve the problem power interruption by using optional sources like generator, solar system, etc.