Socio-Cultural Factors Affecting Girls’ Secondary Education in Gambella Region: The Case of Nuer and Agnwa Communities
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2016-10
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Addis Ababa University
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The main objective of this research was to identify and analyze the socio-cultural factors affecting girls’ participation in secondary education among the Nuer and Agnwa communities in Gambella Region. To achieve this objective, both secondary and primary data were collected and analyzed. Secondary data were gathered through critical review of related literature and relevant documents from the FDRE Ministry of Education and Gambella Region Education Bureau and other sources. Primary data were gathered through focus group discussions with secondary school students and key informant interviews held with different Government Bureaus, UN agencies, NGOs and elderly people.
Once the data were collected then analyzed as follows. First, the primary data gathered through qualitative data collection methods were organized thematically based on the specific objectives of the study. The local language transcripts were translated into English and analyzed through triangulation of different primary and secondary data sources to increase the validity and reliability of the findings of the study.
The study found that the participation of girls in secondary education with in the studied communities of Nuer and Agnwa is low compared to boys. This happened mainly during the transition from primary to secondary education and also when it goes to preparatory education level. For this, early marriage, son preferences for secondary education because of community perception on direct and opportunity cost of schooling, gender role expectation and lack of female teacher role model are identified as the major Socio-Cultural factors
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Social Anthropology