Factors Affecting Female Students' Academic Achievement in Government Secondery Schools of Walmera Woreda of Shegar City Oromia Regional State.
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2023-11
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Addis Ababa University
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The main purpose of this study was to investegate factors affecting female students’ academic chievement in Secondery Schools of Walmera Woreda Shegar city Oromia Regionala state . . The method was informed by mixed method design. It used qualitative and quantitative method of data collection. The data gathering instruments were: questionnaire, interview, and document analysis. For this study, out of 5 governmental secondary schools which are found in difrent kebeles 4 schools, out of 754 female students 237 students and out of 84 teachers, 60 teachers were selected by simple random sampling techniques and I took all the 9 principals and supervisors by purposive sampling method. Totally, from 868 populations, 320 were selected for the study. A descriptive statistical tools such as frequency, percentage and mean have been used for data analysis. As the finding of the study indicated that low level of parental education, low level of parental involvement in their female education, family economics household chores,low level of family educational background negatively affect girls’ academic achievement. School related factors like lack of role model female teachers, teachers’ attitude, lack of qualified teachers and shortage of reference books affected girls’ academic performance. Teachers and school principals should work jointly with female students and their parents to improve female students ’ academic chivement . Thus, it is recommended that awareness workshop and panel discussion forms should be organized for parents, organizing saving group at village level for parents, building dormitory near to sechondery schools, encouraging gender focused tutorial and school environment. Furthermore, it also needs awareness creation forms for youth female, parents and mass communities about illegal migration to Arab country .