Factors That Affect Females’ Participation And Performance in Second Cycle Primary Schools: the Case of Sidama Zone Loka Abaya Woreda (Snnpr)
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2011-06
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Addis Ababa University
Abstract
The main purpose of the study was to investigate the factors affecting females’ participation and
performance in second cycle primary schools in Loka Abaya woreda. To achieve this objective
different basic research questions were raised. The study employed concurrent mixed methods
design with both quantitative and qualitative approaches. The researcher used cluster sampling
technique, random sampling, and purposive sampling techniques to select sample schools and
participants. Student respondents were selected based on stratified sampling considering their
sex, grade level and their parental SES. Teacher respondents were also selected from each
department by using random sampling technique and parents were chosen by using availability
sampling technique. To triangulate the data primary and secondary source of data were used.
The primary data sources comprised students, teachers, principals, parents, woredas and zone
educational expertise. As secondary sources of data statistical and factual information of the
woreda education department and 2005E.C first and second semester female students’
examination results were analyzed. Depending on the research questions and the nature of the
respondents, a variety of data gathering tools including questionnaire, interview and observation
were used. Percentage was predominantly used to indicate the extent of respondents’ opinion
towards the issue raised. As finding of the study indicated, the second cycle primary schools
repetition of female student is a serious problem throughout the woreda. The study also revealed
that low level of parental education, low level of parental involvement in their daughters’
education and house hold chores negatively affect females’ participation and performance.
School related factors like school facility, lack of role model female teachers, teachers attitude
also negatively affected females’ participation and performance. Thus based on the findings of
this study, it is recommended that educational officials at various levels should promote and
enhance awareness creation programs on gender issue in education to parents and other
community members. Teachers, parents and school principals should work jointly with female
students to improve females’ education. Moreover the local government and the community
should work jointly to support females’ education by facilitating the school with necessary inputs
for females by updating teachers with gender issue in education. The schools themselves should
create conducive environment to empower females by assigning a team leader and members in
different school curricular activities. Female teachers should play a part in this regard
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Participation ;Performance