Factors Hindering Enrollment of Female Sttjdents in Second Cycle Primary Schools of Dodota Sire Woreda, Arsi Zone
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2006-06
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Addis Ababa University
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The objective of this study was to make an investigation conceming
the current status of females' enrollment and identifying major factors hindering
girls ' education in Dodota Sire woreda second cycle primary schools of rural areas.
Th e data from documents were secured from different annual abstracts (MOE,
OEB) and woreda education office as well as from the questionnaires that were
administered to 492 female students and 62 teachers and school principals in
order to achieve the stated objective. A s to the females' enrollment, it shows an
improvement from time to time, but still the increment is small when compared to
males. The p articipants of this study were selected by purposive sampling
techniques. The collected data were presented in a table form and analyzed in
percentages. Th e fin din gs identified the thre e broad categories: family related,
school related and socia-cultural related factors as the major fa ctors th at affect --- enrollment and participation of female s' educations. More specifically all the
respondents highly rated in common that, household responsibilities, lo w
awa reness of parents towards females education, parents financial problem,
parents education level, lack of school facilities, school distance, sexual
harassment, early marriage, fear of abduction, lack of role model females and so
on as the main reason s for low enrollment and participation of female students in
school. On th e other hand, developing parents' awareness towards the benefit of
educating girls, providing fin ancial supports for the poor female students, improving
school facilitie s and protecting girls from abduction and early marriage we re so me
sugge stions that were commonly forwarded by the participants in order to promote
girls' school enrollment. The paper also discusses the main points of the research
with certain conclusions and provides recommendations .
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