Provision of Education for Refugees: Practices and Challenges of Primary and Secondary Education in Mai Aini and Adiharush Refugge Camps.
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2015-07
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Addis Ababa University
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The prime objective of this study was to examine the practices and challenges in the
provision of primary and secondary educations for Eritrean refugees who have been
residing in Mai-Aini and Adiharush refugee camps. The study employed both mixed
research approach in concurrent design. The research design applied in this mixed
approach was descriptive survey. Data mainly collected from primary source through
questionnaire, and focus group discussion, and from secondary source document analysis
was used. The study used simple random, purposive and availability sampling technique
to select the 225 research participants. Descriptive statistics such as mean, frequency,
percentage, standard deviation and inferential statistics like p-value were applied in line
with written analysis. The sample size of this study was a total of 155 (79 male and 76
female) students and 52 (41 male and 11 female) teachers participated in the questioner,
24 participants from different organizations categorized in to three uniform groups
participated in the focus group discussion. Following the above procedures the study
confirmed that educational activities like provision of tutorial class, makeup class and
distribution of educational materials were conducted by the school at students satisfaction
level, more over continuous library service, Quiz contest also conducted well. On the
contrary, lack of well equipped laboratory service, pedagogy service, ICT training,
language training and absence of entertainment and absence of active co-curricular clubs
were challenges of refugee student faced in their school. Activities like ensuring security
of refugee students, assigning focal person from refugee community to follow
educational progress of refugee students were properly carried out by camp
administrators. On the reverse, the study revealed that awareness creation and community
mobilization, reducing secondary movement, well organized guidance and counseling
service, designing income generation program were activities not properly accomplished
both by the school as well as the camp administrators. More over the study identified that
peer influence, economic problems, lack of family care, lack of interest, hopelessness
were major challenges of refugee students. Having identified the major findings of the
study, recommendations were also made. To alleviate the problem of secondary
movement, peer influence especial sensitization campaign should be organized for
parents and care takers to aware the refugee community. Schools should create safe
learning environment so that refugee students can be attracted by the school and spend
much of their time in the school.
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Provision of Education for Refugees, Practices and Challenges of Primary