The Role of Parent Teacher Association In Addis Ababa Secondary Schools: The Case of Entoto Amba Secondary School
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2013-06
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Addis Ababa Univerisity
Abstract
The purpose of this study was to examine the Role of Parent Teacher
Association (PTA) in Addis Ababa Secondary Schools. In the study, the
research design and approach was case study and qualitative respectively.
The participants of the study were ten. Two teachers, the directors, two
student, three parents and Quality Education Assurance Inspection Expert of
the Woreda’s Education Office (WEO). The participants and the study area
were selected using purposive sampling. The instruments for data collection
were interview, observation, document analysis and Focus Group Discussion.
Moreover to strengthen the study, different previous researches and published
related literatures were carefully reviewed. The discussion of this study
concentrated in examining PTA role and its implementation including more
focused ones, response of stakeholders and improvement of the association
after students involvement. The results show that PTA’s role in fund raising,
planning and monitoring was good. But its activities in maintaining school
discipline, answering questions, like preparing students’ café, was
insufficient. In addition PTA has worked with its stakeholders, but the
responses from them differ from one to another. Therefore to get good
response, PTA has to strengthen its relations with all parents, teachers and
students.
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