The Psychosocial Adjustment and Educational Achievement of Manjo Ethnic Minority Students in Two Schools of Bonga, Kafa Zone
| dc.contributor.advisor | Achaw, Tilahun (PhD) | |
| dc.contributor.author | Gebru, Kassahun | |
| dc.date.accessioned | 2018-08-09T06:53:19Z | |
| dc.date.accessioned | 2023-11-05T08:57:52Z | |
| dc.date.available | 2018-08-09T06:53:19Z | |
| dc.date.available | 2023-11-05T08:57:52Z | |
| dc.date.issued | 2015-06 | |
| dc.description.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 | en_US |
| dc.identifier.uri | http://etd.aau.edu.et/handle/123456789/11360 | |
| dc.language.iso | en | en_US |
| dc.publisher | Addis Ababa University | en_US |
| dc.subject | Psychosocial | en_US |
| dc.subject | Achievement | en_US |
| dc.subject | Perception | en_US |
| dc.title | The Psychosocial Adjustment and Educational Achievement of Manjo Ethnic Minority Students in Two Schools of Bonga, Kafa Zone | en_US |
| dc.type | Thesis | en_US |