The Psychosocial Adjustment and Educational Achievement of Manjo Ethnic Minority Students in Two Schools of Bonga, Kafa Zone
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2015-06
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Addis Ababa University
Abstract
The purpose of this study was to investigate the psychosocial adjustment and the educational
achievement of Manjo ethnic minority students intwo schools of Bonga.Even though numbers
were used to show the academic performance of the students, qualitative method descriptive
study was mainly used to meet the objectives of the study. Interview, observation, focused group
discussion and document analysis were tools employed to collect necessary data. Fourteen
students and six teachers totally 20 participants were selected using snowball and purposive
sampling techniques. The finding of the study showedthatManjo students’ had negative
perception towards non-ManjoKafa students and towards themselves. Also, some Manjo students
had negative perception for non-ManjoKafa teachers. In addition, the result of the study
indicated that the interpersonal relationship between Manjo and non-ManjoKafa students was
poor and the relationship among Manjo students was strong. Moreover, the academic
performance of Manjo students was poor when it compared with the performance of non-Manjo
students. The study finally concluded that, Manjo ethnic minority studentswere poorly adjusted
psychosocially and poorly performed academically. Open and respectful intercultural
discussions, awareness raising efforts through religious and social organizations and using
different techniques in curricular and co-curricular activities were some of therecommendations
made to enhance the psychosocial adjustment and the educational achievement of Manjo
students
Keywords:psychosocial, adjustment,perception,achievement
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Psychosocial, Achievement, Perception