Implementation of School Improvement Program in Secondary Schools of Eastern Zone, Sidama Region
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2023-06
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Addis Ababa University
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The purpose of this study was to assess the implementation of school improvement program in secondary schools of Eastern Zone. For this purpose explanatory research design was employed. For the study 5 woredas and one town administration and 6 secondary schools were included through purposive sampling. From these sample schools, 170 teachers were selected by using simple random sampling, while 50 school improvement committee members and 6 supervisors were selected by using census sampling, eighteen parent-teacher and students association and 6 woreda education were included through purposive sampling. Questionnaires were used as main tool of data collection. Interview and focus group discussion was used to substantiate the data gathered through questionnaire. Document analysis was also part of data collection for the study. Frequency, percentage, mean, standard deviation, and independent sample t-test were employed to analyze quantitative data while narrative analysis approach was used to analyze qualitative data. The findings of study showed that school leadership and management domain the leaders have made clear shared vision, mission and goal implementation for teacher on students’ achievement and school leaders’ commitment to improve students’ achievement was found low. Preparation, self-enquiry, planning, implementation and evaluation were not effectively implemented. Action research has not been conducted by teachers to solve teaching-learning problems and inbuilt supervision have not been conducted among colleagues to share experiences to one another; school environment domain were unsatisfactory; low involvement of stake-holders (teachers, students and parents) in the planning and implementation of SIP plan; lack of capacity building for principals for their role as an instructional leader, insufficient school facilities were major problems of implementation of SIP. It can conclude that implementation of SIP was not adequate. This implies that inadequate implementation of SIP influence the improvement quality of education and students achievement in the study. Therefore, the study suggestedthat schools SIC, supervisors, school leaders, and woreda and region education bureau to promote practical involvement of all stakeholders by creating adequate awareness to implement SIP effectively in schools, woreda and region education bureau and school management bodies need to provide the necessary school facilities before starting the implementation of SIP to achieve the intended objective of the program.
Key Words: Implementation, School Improvement Program, Secondary Schools and Sidama Region