Child Right in School: Study of Teachers' Conceptions and Practicesbegna Ordofa
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2010-06
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Addis Ababa University
Abstract
This study aimed at investigating how child right has been conceived and practiced by
primary school teachers found at Gihimbi Town. To accomplish the study, multiple
ca e study design was employed Three primary schools (1-8) were selected
purposively from a tOlal of nine. The subjects in this study were teachers, principals
and students in the primary schools. Questionnaire, observation, interview and focus
group discussion were used to secure the necessary data from these sources.
Descriptive phrases, percentages, mean scores, t-test, one way ANOVA and Chisquare
test were used to analyze the secured data. For the latter three, the statistical
analysis were carried out using soft ware for Statistical Package for the Social
Science ( SPSS). The result indicated that the teachers do not have arranged programs
in the schools to raise their awareness on the issue of child rights in school. There
was some confusion among them on the major child rights to be preserved at their
school level. The extents to which these teachers feel accountable on promoting child
rights in the schools were found to be at lower level. On the other hand, lack of
sufficient support!cooperation from concerned bodies, low level of awareness about
the issue of child rights by parents and the community at large and lack of
commitment by teachers to promote the issue in the schools were found to be the
major problems which hindered the effective application of mechanisms to promote
the issue. Teachers' demographic characteristics have no such significant effect on
teachers ' views towards child right and on the application of mechanisms to promote
the issue in the schools except sex. It was then concluded that teachers' conceptions
and practices on child rights in schools is not at the required level. At last, possible
solutions were forwarded depending on the findings
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