Practices and Problems of Community Participation in Secondary Schools Management in Central Zone of Tigray Region
| dc.contributor.advisor | Baraki, Zenebe (PhD) | |
| dc.contributor.author | Alemayehu, Habteslassie | |
| dc.date.accessioned | 2018-08-09T06:44:17Z | |
| dc.date.accessioned | 2023-11-05T09:00:32Z | |
| dc.date.available | 2018-08-09T06:44:17Z | |
| dc.date.available | 2023-11-05T09:00:32Z | |
| dc.date.issued | 2014-06 | |
| dc.description.abstract | The main purpose of this study was to investigate the current practices and major problems of community participation in seven selected secondary schools in central zone of Tigray Region. Specifically, the present study was intended: to assess the level of PTA and KETB in school management; the degree at which these community representatives involve increasing enrollment and reducing dropout rate; finding factors that affect PTA and KETB participation and to investigate the roles played by school principals in enhancing CP through their representatives. A total of 179 0f PTA, KETB, teachers and woreda education office experts have participated. Of this 88 (26.2%) of teachers were chosen in a stratified random sampling with proportional allocation method; and 56( PTA), 35(KETB) and woreda education office experts were selected purposively. Both closed-and-open ended questions were administered to PTA, KETB and teachers. Interview was conducted with the woreda education experts. The other tool used in this study was document analysis. While analyzing the data collected using these aforementioned tools; frequency, percentage, mean and standard deviation were employed. According to the results of the analysis CP in school management is below the median value (i.e, less than 3). The finding of this study indicates that the status of community participation in the management of secondary school was inadequate. And the contribution of KETB and PTA members to increase enrollment and to reduce dropout rate of students was not sufficient furthermore, the study revealed that lack of training, lack of time and poor economic status, lack of understanding of roles and responsibilities, long distance and inconvenient meeting time, lack of commitment and willingness, lack of appreciation of overall objectives of education and lack of accountability on the part of PTA and KETB members; and principals ‘unable to communicate with KETB and PTA members, lack of understanding their capacity ,non participatory leadership approach, due to lack of training were affecting community participation. thus, to alleviate the major problems encountered with community participation recommendations have been for warded .These included PTA and KETB members at all levels in the process of school management ,provide clear and specific guide line and sensitize them, provide training to school principals, conduct meeting, motivate and encourage PTA and KETB members organizing experience sharing programs; provide rewards for those who have better performance and replace by new members those who are passive participants in the school management . | en_US |
| dc.identifier.uri | http://etd.aau.edu.et/handle/123456789/11356 | |
| dc.language.iso | en | en_US |
| dc.publisher | Addis Ababa University | en_US |
| dc.subject | Practices and Problems | en_US |
| dc.subject | of Community Participation in | en_US |
| dc.title | Practices and Problems of Community Participation in Secondary Schools Management in Central Zone of Tigray Region | en_US |
| dc.type | Thesis | en_US |