An Assessment of Community Participation in Education: The Case of Lideta Sub City
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2014-06
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Addis Ababa University
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The purpose of this study was to investigate the community participation in education by
coming schools’ initiatives and commitment , the level of community participation in school
management. In addition, the study aimed at identifying factors that influence community
participation. The target populations for the study were teachers, school principal, PSTA
members, woreda education heads and supervisors in the sub city. Due to the large population
size, representative sample was drawn from ten schools using simple random sampling
techniques. In this study both qualitative and quantitative methods were used. in order to
collect data, questionnaires, interview and document analysis were employed as instruments.
Data was collected both from primary and secondary sources. The primary data was obtained
directly from the sample teachers, school principals, PSTA members using questionnaires and
from woreda education heads and supervisors using semi-structured interview. Data were also
collected from school principals and teachers using open-ended questions. The findings of the
study showed that the level of community participation differs from schools to school and this
is because of administrative factors institutional factors and personal factors that challenged
the community participation.
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An Assessmnet of Community, Participation in Education