The Contributions of Co-Curricular Activities for Students’ Learning in Private Primary Schools of Lideta Sub City, Addis Ababa
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2025-06
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Addis Ababa University
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The objectives of this research are to understand the extent of co-curricular activities’ contribution to students’ learning, perception and commitment of school administrators, students’ interest to the activities and major challenges of implementing co-curricular activities in private primary schools of Lideta Sub-City. The study was conducted on three private primary schools of Lideta Sub-City. A descriptive cross-sectional method was adopted using both quantitative and qualitative methods. The researcher used proportionate stratified random sampling method to conduct this research. The sample size of respondent teachers was determined utilizing Yemane’s Equation (Yemane, 1973). To this end, questionnaires were dispatched to teachers and the collected data were run using SPSS Version 20 Software. Interviews were held with principals and supervisors, discussions were held with students and documents were examined. The collected data were analyzed quantitatively and qualitatively. The findings revealed that the contributions of co-curricular activities were highly acknowledged, students were highly interested to be engaged in co-curricular activities. The perception of principals was found good. The findings also showed that the implementation was partial and occasional, that school owners’ commitment was low. Although majority of the teachers appreciate the contribution of co-curricular activities to students’ learning, some of them lack clarity on co-curricular activities. The major challenges for implementation include lack of adequate space, material and budget; lack of commitment by school owners, non-committed follow up by education offices and lack of clarity of some teachers. Therefore, it is recommended that further training to teachers be organized with regard to co-curricular activities. It is also advisable to enforce private primary schools so that they acquire adequate working spaces and allocate budget for the activities. Finally, the number of co-curricular activities planned every year, and the corresponding rate of implementation of the plans have to be re-assessed by the relevant authorities. Therefore, further study is recommended to identify selected practicable co-curricular activities.
Keywords: Co-curricular Activities, Contribution, Implementation, Learning, Challenges
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Co-curricular Activities, Contribution, Implementation, Learning, Challenges