Effectiveness of the Utilization of Educational Radio Programs in Primary Schools in Addis Ababa: The Case of Three Primary Schools
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2007-07
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Addis Ababa University
Abstract
The study attempted to evaluate the effectiveness of educational radio programs
in three primary schools in Addis Ababa. Fifteen p eople (three principals, six
teachers and six students) were selected as a source of information. Their
selection was based on willingness to participate in the s tudy (for the teachers)
and academic perfonnance, age and sex (for students). A qualitative case study
was employed. The dara was collected through interviews, observation C/I/ci
document analysis. The study revealed that primary schools' principals an.d
teachers have good perception towards the educational radio programs.
Furthermore, students are more interested to acquire knowledge from educational
media, such as educational radio. Due to this most of the teachers try their best
to utilize the programs regularly. However, the utilization process affected by
. different factors. Some of the major identified factors were teachers' lack of
training on radio instruction utilization, inavailability of support materials such as
radio teachers, guides, enough radio sets, and illustrative materials and lack of
evaluation system on the success and failures of radio lesson by the classroom
teachers. Nevertheless, the problem of schools' location, classroom size, and
timetable in the utilization of educational radio program.s is insignificant in the
case of the three selected primary schools of Addis Ababa. To alleviate of the
problems which observed in the utiliz ation p rocesses the school comm.unity as
well as the concerned educational officials and policy maicers should be given
proper attention to fulfill the necessary inputs and troinin.gs for the classroom
teachers on the way of utilization. The findings and concluding remarlcs
forwarded in the study w ill help policy maicers, educational bureau officials,
educational media experts and program producers to give due attention for the
proper utilization of educational radio programs.
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effectiveness of educational radio programs