The Role of School Improvement Program in Enhancing Quality Education at Secondary Schools
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2013-06
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Addis Ababa Univerisity
Abstract
The geneml objeclive oflhis sludy was 10 invesligale Ihe role of school improvemenl program in
enhancing qualily of educalion al secondmy schools. A mixed approach wilh purposive and
simple random sampling lechniques was used to seleci teachers and studenls Fom secondmy
schools of Amda sub-cily in Addis Ababa. The principal objeclives such as to examine SIP
sUllus, idenlifY ils impacls and assessing Ihe improvements made by Ihe program had been
evaluated carefidly. The surveyed dala were analyzed using SPSs. The findings of the sludy
reveallhal relalively encouraging achievemenls have been made allhe school level, wilh respecl
10 Ihe learning and leaching domain. However, achievemenl in Ihe school environmenl and
communily involvemenl domains were found 10 be velY low. Furthermore, lack of reward for
Ihose who pel/ormed well it, lack of awareness, and practical involvemenl of Ihe comnnmily,
lack of awareness among sludents, and leachers, lurnover of man power and lack of qualified
operalional man power were idenlified as Ihe major challenges in implemenling SIP. The
findings also indicaled Ihat Ihere are no inlegraled elJorls of all stakeholders in the
implemenlalion process. This indicales Ihal Ihe school improvement programme has become a
lVell arlindaled program in Ihe documenl, bUI il is nol as Fuiifili as il was expected on Ihe
ground. In ils Ihird year impiemenlalion slage and significanl land marks, improvemenls were
nol observed so far in all do,.,wins, Fom Ihe four domains Ihe mosl discouraging being Ihe
school environmenl and Ihe cOlllll1unily involvemenl domains.
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Education