Some Characteristics, Reasons for Participation, and Study Problems of the Senior Secondary Level Correspondence Students in Ethiopia
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1994-06
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Addis Ababa University
Abstract
The purpos e ot th,S study wa s to investigate into some
characteristIcs, reasons for particIpatIon, and study problems
or a group of students in EthIopia, name l y, students who have
been enrol.led in the correspondence educati on programme,
otr ereU by the Distance Education Division of the Department
ot Adu l t Educat ion, Ministry o f I::du c ati on. The study wa s
carrIed out tnrough a questi onnaIre sent t o the ~60 students
or tile correspondence programme , who were found being actively
pursuIng their senior secondary courses, o ffered by the
Distance Education Div isi o n , /)/t·tZL June , 1992/93 academic
year . An Instrument used tor da ta collection, namely, the
questionnaire was first developed and then validated by a
group ot J udges and was adjusted for use in the light of t he
comments received from the persons who performed the judging
ta s k. Out ot the 560 questi onnaires sent to students, 382
questionnaires were returnea f llled correc·c-ry -, - i. e . a res'pons-e
ot 68.2 percent.
The results of the data collected from the 382 students
were tallied and described on the basis of the total
percentage of the response secured tor each i tern of the
questionnaire o f the variable s invest igated. The findings ot
tne s tudy revealed that the typical correspondence programme
student of the Distanc e Education Division in Ethiopia is
De tween 20 and 4 U years old , married and has more than one
chi ldren . The ma l e students comprise 81.7 percent of the
st.uuenL oooy . 'Ine etlucat10nal background or the students 1S
dDove .l.ower senIor seconaary sct1oo1 level I i . e; above 10
c;rade~1 or 5chou.l.lng . Tr.e y are worKlng students almost
InVar Iabl.Y 1n a wnite co llar occupati ons . They bea,r the
t:=xt.--enses O i. tnt:: courS8 OUt of ttlelr own pockets , and c an be
to..lI1C.i mostly 1[1 ru r a J.. arEas .
i-'rcm .... ner,L o ~)Ject ... ves lor u nl le-:.-t.':'.",lng turtnb-r st.udles
inc..l..u(~eu ' t o gaI n .:'in ()[ [l Cl cill.Y reC0yniZ e ~.l cer t.lt lca t e ' to
tJd,:;::; arl eAC1.m~nat.lon ' t. ...J cDtain competence tor better jobs' I
' to secure proressi ona l promotion ' In thei r or der ot
pre.(erl. I J£~ I , ne stuaent ra ted conven1ence as the main
advantage ot tne corres pondenc e study metnod . Because of their
worK commItments , they cannot ava il themselves ot conventional
sec o ndary schools .
Thus , t rom the prominent reasons students gave tor their
cho ice of the study f orm , supported by the findings on the
students' objective t or learning , and student characteristics,
It was concluded tnat t he correspondence education programme ,
otfered by the Dis tance E.ducat i on D1vision in Ethiopia , is
pr1marily chosen as a means of study by persons who , because
o t rami l y SItuation , vocationa l engagements or other
obligations were not able t o take advantage of educati o na l.
otters wn1ch demand -regu lar c lass attendance.
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