Cha ll enges and Opportunities of Women to be leaders in Selected Governmental Scco ndary Schools of Addis Ababa
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2013-07
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Addis Ababa University
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The study was designed to investiga tc the fac tors that contribute to the low participation of
women and to asse..<;s the opportu nities that promote women's participation in school leadership.
Survey research method was conducted in five secondary schools and the data were col lected
using questionnaire. interview ,and foc lls grollp discuss ion from leachers, Addis Ababa CilY
government education bureau gender expert, woredas educa tion bureau officials ,vice principn ls,
and a principa l; then the data were analyzed both quant itati vely and qua litatively. Therefore the
result revealed that the presence of stra tegies, plans, and policies, gender sens it ivi ty of se lection
criteria of principals for secondary schools, regular revision of gender policies and strategies ,the
presence of women affair depa rtments and presence of on-job and pre-job trainings and the
effectiveness of women in planning werc the opportunities that encouraged women's
parti cipation in school leadership. However, less commitment of officials to implcmcnt gcnder
sem:i tivc policies, negative stereotyp ing, fear of balancing family and professional work, informal
network of men, absence of ro le models and low educational background of women were bn rri ers
for the low panicipation of women principals in secondary schools. Therefor e, to enhance the
participation of women princ ipals in secondary schools, al1 officials should be committetl to
implement gender sensitive policies, awa reness c reation programs should be impl emented to the
society ,and strong network of women shou ld be des igned through whi ch they can share
expen ellcc.
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Women to be leaders in Selected, Governmental Scco ndary Schools