Result-Oriented Appraisal of Principals' Performance in Primary Schools of Guji Zone
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2007-07
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Addis Ababa University
Abstract
This study was conducted to examine the practices of the current Result-Oriented Appraisal of
Principals ' Pelformance in Guji Zone and determining its effectiveness. To this end answers to
basic questions pertaining to the purpose, process and criteria of ROAPP, competence of
appraiser, and major problems of implementing ROAPP were sought. The study encompassed 7
woredas of the zone selected based on purposive sampling technique. Information was solicited
from the sample respondents; 113 appraisees and 24 appraisers through questionnaire which
were field-tested before distribution in woredas not included in the sample. Interviews were also
held with 7 WECBO officials and 1 ZECBO expert. Statistical tools such as chi-square,
spearman- rank order correlation, mean and percentage were used for analyzing the data. The
finding of the study showed that though, both appraisees and appraisers seems to have
awareness about the intended purposes of ROAPP, the extent of achievement of these purposes:
formative and summative purposes were found to be inadequate; the former being more
dissatisfactolJl than the latter. The administration of the process of ROAPP was also a mixture of
poor and fair. The appraisal criteria were found to be defective, and hence inappropriate to
measure the pelformance of principals fairly and objectively. It was also found out that the
designated appraisers lack competence to appraise effectively, mainly because of their number
being small compared to principals, and their workplace being far from schools. Nevertheless,
most of the appraisees preferred to be appraised by them if problems for the incompetence are to
be improved or solved. In general, the system was perceived to be ineffective in attaining the
overall objective which it was intended to serve. It would be, therefore, recommended that
necessary revisions and adjustments in which the process of ROAPP is administered as required
by the system ought to be made. Of these solving problems related to appraisers, improving
technical and conceptual capacity of participants are the major ones.
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Result-Oriented Appraisal of Principals ' Pelformance