Survey of the Major Factors Influencing Household Demand for Schooling in Rural Bale Zone
| dc.contributor.advisor | Shibeshi, Ayalew | |
| dc.contributor.author | Wodajo, Seyoum | |
| dc.date.accessioned | 2018-08-09T11:56:00Z | |
| dc.date.accessioned | 2023-11-05T08:57:26Z | |
| dc.date.available | 2018-08-09T11:56:00Z | |
| dc.date.available | 2023-11-05T08:57:26Z | |
| dc.date.issued | 1999-06 | |
| dc.description.abstract | The main purpose of this study was to identify the major factors that influence household demand for schooling in rural Bale Zone . In order to fulfill this purpose, basic , questions were raised regarding the utilization Qf $chool resources, the background of the children who mostly lack schooling opportunity, the fa9tors that determine school participation in general and differenc~ in schooling between sexes in particular. Th~ st~qy was carrie~ 9ut in eight rural primary schools and ~7 peasant assoc;:iatiQns that use these schools. The sources of information were 2~0 household heads (~OO household heads having at least one schooling child, ~oo household heads having no schooling child and 50 household heads of drop-out children) eight school directors, 98 teacher$, 497 students and 50 non-schooling primary $chool-age children. Household heads' and non-schooling children's interviews and teachers', directors'and students' questionnaires were the instruments used to gather information for the study. The data obtained were anQ.lysed thr9ugh qvalitative method, percentages, correlatiQn coeffjcient and average rank order. Based on the analysis made, the following major findings were obtained. • f There is under utilization of teachers and an indication of crowdedn~ss of classrooms in some of th~ surveyed schools. The finding$ of the st~dy also has shown that, the demand of the households for schooling in the surveyed areaS is low which was indicated by low and fluctuating enrollment growth rate and high drop-out. Drop-out is more severe at lower grades and for girls. In general, females have low school participation because of the low demand of the households for schooling them due to high home duties on females, parents' perception of low employment prospect for educated females and marriage of girls. Majority of the students are older for their grades, and there are more over-age males than femaJes. Children from the household head$ who $peak Oromo ~anguage as their mother tongue hav~ a r~l~tively low sch09J. participation thQ.n children from Amhariq mQther tongue hqu$eholds when C9mpQ.red with the proPQrtion Of the hou$eholds by mother ton~ue. Muslim children in general and Muslim girJs in particul~r are the other groups jiof children who are educationally deprived. In addi tion to this, Muslim household heads are found · to have high preference for their children to attend Koran school than government school, and there is high Koran school attendance among Muslim children. Economic conditions are the main factors determining household demand for schooling. Family weal th and distance from school have high influence on school participation, while household heads' educational level has weak relation wi th family educational consumption. Based on the findings obtained, the following recommendations are made. Future enrollment in most of the schools must be preceded by the construction of some additional classrooms, or operating with double shift is another option. In order to attract more children to school and to reduce drop- out, the present full-day school time need to be reduced to one session and change of school schedule according to local situation are required. Other than this, improvement of economic condi tion of the society, persuading communi ty about the value of education and ini tiating li teracy program are suggested to increase school participation. To increase females' school participa tion, the recrui tment and training of female teachers in primary schools and giving priori ty for females in job employment are suggested | en_US |
| dc.identifier.uri | http://etd.aau.edu.et/handle/123456789/11475 | |
| dc.language.iso | en | en_US |
| dc.publisher | Addis Ababa University | en_US |
| dc.subject | Household Demand for Schooling | en_US |
| dc.title | Survey of the Major Factors Influencing Household Demand for Schooling in Rural Bale Zone | en_US |
| dc.type | Thesis | en_US |