A Study on the Problems Encountered During The Implementation of Free Promotion Policy in the First Cycle Primary Schools of Hawassa Woreda
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2007-03
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Addis Ababa University
Abstract
The main plilpase oJ this research is to assess the problems encountered in the
implementation oj free promotion policy in the first cycle primm)' schools oj Awass
woreda and to suggest possible solutions on how to minimize those problems. The
sources oj data Jor the study were all the fiJty-nine teachers who were teaching in the
first cycle primm)' schools and all oJ the principals oJ those schools selected using
availabilily sampling. Data ware gathered through questionnaire and interview and
guideline about pupils' promotion, which was developed by th e primary schools, was
used as secondary source. Descriptive statistics as percentage, frequency and chisquare
were employed to analyze th e data. The finding oJthe research reve led that
th e first cycle primary school teachers were not trained in a way that enabled th em
implemel7l Fee promotion policy. It also reveled that the woreda education office
could not coordinate the primary schools and made them implemel7l th e policy in th e
same lVay. /Jased on th e findings it was recommended that the regional education
office should organize awareness-raising program Jor tea che rs and principals
through in-service training and provision oj supplementm)' reading ma terials on the
implementation oj free promotion policy. It was also suggested that to bring about
uniformity among the p rimm )' schools in the implementation oj free promotion, the
wer e do education office should develop guideline on the implementation oJthe policy
and distribute them to th e schools, and it should also organiz e a unit that coordinates
and controls th e primm)' schools.
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Implementation of Free Promotion Policy