Assessment of an Intervention Considered to End Child Violence at Rural Primary Schools: The Case of Child Friendly School project at Becho District, South-West Shoa Zone, Oromia Regional State
| dc.contributor.advisor | Kasaye, Wube(PhD) | |
| dc.contributor.author | Lamessa, Gezahegn | |
| dc.date.accessioned | 2018-06-19T12:37:39Z | |
| dc.date.accessioned | 2023-11-04T12:01:08Z | |
| dc.date.available | 2018-06-19T12:37:39Z | |
| dc.date.available | 2023-11-04T12:01:08Z | |
| dc.date.issued | 2014-06 | |
| dc.description.abstract | This research is conducted on the Child Friendly School project being implemented in five primary schools of Becho Dstrict, South-West Shoa Zone, Oromia Regional State for the last two years. The purpose of the study is to assess the effectiveness of the practice considered in ending the child violence at rural primary schools. The study has adopted both quantitative and qualitative methods for data analysis. To conduct the study all the five primary schools and one control school are considered. Sampled school teachers & administrators, students and parents are used as a data source. As the data collection tools: questionnaires, interview and focus group discussions are used to collect data from sample of teachers, administrators, students and parents. Explanatory descriptive approach was adopted to report the findings. The results from the data analysis depict that the project has adopted participatory approach as all relevant stakeholders like District Education Office, schools community and parents took part at planning, implementation, monitoring and evaluation stages of the project. There were also various forms of technical and material inputs that contributed to crate attractive learning environment for the children. As a result, improvements were made to the physical, social and learning environment of the schools considered. School facilities were fulfilled for students. The school social environment is also improved as the relationship among students (peers), students & teachers and students and parents has shown significant improvement. In addition, students are accessed to proper educational amenities and learning materials which shows improvement in the learning situation of the school. Most importantly, children are empowered for self-initiated learning and participation in school matters. Generally, the Child Friendly School Project has contributed valuable lessons that supported to end child violence at the five targeted primary schools. Hence, it is recommended that the lesson from the project will be well documented and disseminated to other schools | en_US |
| dc.identifier.uri | http://etd.aau.edu.et/handle/123456789/1740 | |
| dc.language.iso | en | en_US |
| dc.publisher | Addis Ababa University | en_US |
| dc.subject | Social Work | en_US |
| dc.title | Assessment of an Intervention Considered to End Child Violence at Rural Primary Schools: The Case of Child Friendly School project at Becho District, South-West Shoa Zone, Oromia Regional State | en_US |
| dc.type | Thesis | en_US |