Intercultural Relations In Kemisse Town (Oromia Zone) With Reference To Kemisse 01 Primary School
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2008-07
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Addis Ababauniversity
Abstract
The study focused on examining intercultural relations in Kemisse Town (Oromia
Zone) with reference to Kemisse 01 Primary School. In order to manage the study
within a given time and resources, it was made to focus only in one school i.e.
Kemisse 01 primary school. From the various types of diversities only four
namely etanic, gerl:der, social class and religious diversities were treated in this
study. It employed qualitative ethnographic method. Semi structured interview
together with audio recording, observation with photographing and document
analysis of some relevant materials were used as data gathering tools. Key
informants of Kemisse community, officials, teachers and students of Kemisse
Primary School, parents of these students were made to participate in the study.
The study disclosed that diversity treatment in the community as well as in the
school was not pleasant enough. There is an improvement of intercultural relation
in the community over the years, however, still it is not that much pleasant.
Intercultural relations among school communities have not been given significant
attention. This is partly due to the lack of knowledge and skill in their pre-service
and in-service training that enables the teachers and principals of the school to
teach and manage properly in a setting where culturally different students learn
together and partly due to lack of paying attention by the school to the national
and global situation and act in line with it. The relationship between school and
the community at present time is not satisfactory. Except gender) the formal
curriculum in the school for both ethnic groups is found to be not sufficiently
addressing intercultural relations among religions) ethnic groups and social
classes. Improvements in such areas are very necessary. Providing a well
organized in-service training and revising teacher and school leader training
programs and their curriculum to the extent it is interculturalized and enable
them equip with the necessary knowledge, skill and attitude demands immediate
action
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Town (Oromia Zone) With Reference