Primary School Teachers' Perceptions of Quality Issues in Education in nekemte

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2007-07

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Addis Ababa University

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The primary objective of the s tudy is to inves tiga te the phenomenon of qual ity issues in education in primary school from the teachers' perspec tives bv using qualitative case study methodology. Teachers teaching in government primary schools of Nekemte town were the participants of the s tud y. Da ta were generated via interview and foc us group discussions from :lineteen purposefu lly selec ted " information-rich" cases ranging in divers ity. In a ll, 19 tea chers were intervi ewed and three focus group discussions were held. The data secured through these techniques were ca tegorized and thematically analyzed . The findings of the study indica ted that the participants' perceived quality of educa tion in terms of input and output/ outcomes. The analysis revealed that the primary schools were s uffering from very poor conditions of learning. Rega rding current status of quality, the study also found that the quality of educa tion in primary schools was not promising. Finally, the finding indicated tha t forming of va rio us co mmittees, continuous assessment, regular meeting, sharing of experi ence among teachers, preparation of ques tion-answer forum for the students are the identified s tTa tegy employed by the teach ers to improve qual ity of educa tion. The need for breaking teachers' problem, provision of fund, stTengthening parent-school rela tionship, resolving studentdiscip linary problems and efficient distribution of textbooks timely and in adeq" ote amount are, thus, found to be the dimensions identified as points that need interventions.

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Perceptions of Quality Issues in Education

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