Puryose of Scnooana and concern over curricular 'relevance among 'rural .afar communities
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2011-06
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Addis Ababa Universty
Abstract
The main intent of this study was to look into the purposes rural Afar communities
attach to schooling and their concern over curricular relevance. For this purposes, case
study design was employed based on which one zone, two woredas and six kebeles were
selected as source of information. Data were gathered from 23 rural Afar communities,
10 teachers and 12 woreda education experts. In selecting the sample zone and Woredas
simple random sampling techniques were employed and purposive and availability
sampling techniques were employed in selecting sample Kebeles and rural communities,
teachers and education experts. Interview and focu s group discussion were the data
collection instruments used in the study. The result of the study showed that, job
opportunity; regretted by their poor educational background; high value given to
education, low demand of child labor and short distance between school and home were
identified as factors that makes members of the community to educate their children.
Moreover, the result of the study identified that there was no sex preference in attending
schooling and job opportunity for their children. But still labor demand identified as
factors that makes some community sex preference specially their daughters. On the other
hand little child labor; economic problem and mobility of the community makes some
members of the community not educate their children. Based on the findings constructing
of semi-sedentary schools, mobile schools and boarding schools, development program
such as settlement of the people, rangeland development program and extension and
package program, the establishment of grinding mills, water walls around the village;
equitable distribution of feeding program in all kebeles, non-formal education program
and recruiting females into the profession were recommended.
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Education