The Role of School Improvement Program in Enhancing Quality Education at Secondary Schools in Addis Ababa, Arada Sub-city
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2013-06
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Addis Ababa University
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The general objeclive oflhis study was 10 invesligale Ihe role of school improvemenl program in
enhancing qualily of educalion al secondary schools. A mixed approach with purposive and
simple random sampling lechniques was used 10 selecl leachers and slUdenls ji'om secondary
schools of Arada sub-cilY in Addis Ababa. The principal objeclives such as 10 examine SIP
sIal us, idenli/Y ils impacls and assessing Ihe improvemenls made by Ihe program had been
evaluated carefiilly. The surveyed dala were analyzed using SPSS The findings of Ihe sludy
reveallhal relalively encouraging achievemenls have been made allhe school level, wilh respecl
10 Ihe learning and leaching domain. However, achievemenl in Ihe school environmenl and
community involvemenl domains were found 10 be velY low. Furthermore, lack of reward for
those who performed well it, lack of awareness, and praclical involvemenl of Ihe community,
lack of awareness among sludenls, and leachers, turnover of man power and lack of qualified
operalional man power were idenlified as Ihe major challenges in implemenling SIP. The
findings also indicaled Ihal Ihere are no inlegraled efforls of all slakeholders in Ihe
implemenlalion process. This indicales Ihal Ihe school improvemenl programme has become a
well arliculaled program in Ihe docUinenl, bUI il is nol as ji'uiljul as il was expecled on Ihe
gro1lnd. In ils Ihird year implemenlalion stage and signijicanl land marks, improvemenls were
nol observed so far in all domains, ji'om Ihe Jour domains Ihe mosl discouraging being the
school environmenl and Ihe communily involvell7enl domains.
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