Practices and Challenges of Alternative Basic Education in Addis Ababa: The Case of Arada SubCity
| dc.contributor.advisor | Fenta, Tilahun (PhD) | |
| dc.contributor.author | Getachew, Solomon | |
| dc.date.accessioned | 2018-10-18T07:49:11Z | |
| dc.date.accessioned | 2023-11-10T13:01:37Z | |
| dc.date.available | 2018-10-18T07:49:11Z | |
| dc.date.available | 2023-11-10T13:01:37Z | |
| dc.date.issued | 2010-06 | |
| dc.description.abstract | Basic Education is a foundation of all development endeavors and a fundamental right of every member of a society. Providing basic education for all children the principal assets and future bases of a country is the wisest investment. Ethiopia is one of those sub- Saharan African countries with the least participation of school age children in primary schools. To provide basic education to all citizen and achieve universal primary education by the year 2015, the government has launched different programs i.e Non - formal and Alternative basic education. The Alternative basic education program, thus, the program has served as an alternative approaches to complement the formal education program, so that it plays a great role in providing educational access for adults and children. Therefore, the purpose of this study was to assess the practice and challenges of implementation of ABE in Arada sub city Addis Ababa City administration. Based on the purpose of the study, the learning environment, the practice of the program, support for ABE program facilitators in terms of training, the availability of curriculum materials and challenges encountered were assessed . To this end, survey method was used for the study. Data were gathered from officials, facilitators and adult learners. Data collection tools were questionnaire, interview and focus group discussion. The data gathered through questionnaire were analyzed using appropriate statistical tools the percentage, mean, standard deviation and one way ANOVA. Whereas the data gathered through interview and focus group discussion were transcribed, analyzed and triangulated with the quantitative data where necessary and appropriate. Findings of the study revealed that the practice of the ABE program have contributed a lot to providing, learning opportunity for adults and out-of school children. Addis Ababa Education bureau used one curriculum for both adults and out- of school children, facilitators training, their salary and the incentives provided were not sufficient, supervision and monitoring and awareness creation for the stakeholder were found to be low, there were problems of text books and facilitators manual. Based on the major findings certain recommendations were made. Addis Ababa education office should revise the ABE curriculum, supervision and follow up should be strengthened, the community awareness should be promoted, facilitators should be provided with short- term up grading training, and fair incentives for facilitators should be in place to motivate them. | en_US |
| dc.identifier.uri | http://etd.aau.edu.et/handle/12345678/12840 | |
| dc.language.iso | en | en_US |
| dc.publisher | Addis Ababa University | en_US |
| dc.subject | and Challenges of Alternative Basic Education | en_US |
| dc.title | Practices and Challenges of Alternative Basic Education in Addis Ababa: The Case of Arada SubCity | en_US |
| dc.type | Thesis | en_US |