The Status of Continuous Professional Development (Cpd) Program in Government Secondary Schools: The Case of East Wellega Zone
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2009-07
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Addis Ababa University
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The main purpose of this study was to assess the status of CPD program
in secondary schools of East Wellega Zone. To realize this purpose, four
research questions regarding perceptions, strength, hindering factors and
what to be done on CPD were asked. To address these questions, the
descriptive survey method was employed and 6 secondary schools were
selected using simple random sampling and 128 teachers were selected
using stratified sampling techniques in proportion with sex, age,
experiences and qualification. Department heads, vice principals and
principals were selected using availability base and experts in zone and
wereda were selected by purposive sample technique. To collect primary
data questionnaire and interview were used. The quantitative data were
first tallied, organized and tabulated and then analyzed using percentage,
and mean. The qualitative data were analyzed as they were understood
by the researcher and as they were expressed by the respondents. The
result of the data analysis and interpretation indicate that the assistances
given to teachers on program were very low. The follow up system was
very poor. The attention given by the concerned body to the program were
affected the attitudes of teachers practicing CPD activities negatively.
Furthermore, the procedures of its practice varied f rom place to place or
from group to group in the school. Therefore, CPD was not practiced
uniformly. The effects of the program were so tentative and that it lacked
continuity. The major factors that greatly hampered the effectiveness of
CPD program were, of many others, lack of assistances in terms of
technical and materials lack of incentives, absence of responsible body at
school level. Of the many recommendations suggested, assigning
resourceful person at school and giving continuous assistances and followup
for teachers were found to be critical.
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