Assessment of School Improvement Program Implementation in Primary Schools of Gubalafto Woreda, Amhara Region

Andargachew, Bizunesh

dc.contributor.author	Andargachew, Bizunesh
dc.date.accessioned	2021-06-25T08:32:33Z
dc.date.available	2021-06-25T08:32:33Z
dc.date.issued	August, 2016
dc.identifier.uri	http://ir.bdu.edu.et/handle/123456789/12145
dc.description.abstract	School Improvement Program (SIP) is one of the six General Education Quality Improvements Package (GEQIP).This program has four domains. These are; learning and teaching, school environment, leadership and management and community participation. The main objective of this study was to assess the School Improvement Program implementation in GubalaftoWoreda ,Amhara National Regional State in seven selected Primary Schools. Especially, the researcher tried to assess the practice, challenges and the attitude of stakeholders in the implementation of School Improvement Program in relation to the four domains. The researcher used descriptive survey design. Quantitative and Qualitative data of the study were collected through questioner and i~terview, focus group discussion. Simple random sampling technique used to select the cluster centers and primary schools. The quantitative data was analyzed by using descriptive statistics such as percentage, charts and tables. In addition, qualitative data gathered by in depth interview and focus group discussion was arranged and narrated to triangulate the quanfijf tive data. A ti very good understanding of stakeholders about SIP planning and implementation is highly essential because it is directly related to the achievement of students learning and learning outcome. It is also a policy issue that needs greater attention by developing awareness of stakeholders. However based on survey result, the researcher concluded that there were challenges of SIP implementation like awareness gap about SIP and its final goal and objectives; less commitment of school leaders, shortage of human and financial resource and attention was not given to students who needspecial support and less community participation in SIP implementation. Finally, the researcher recommended that awareness of . stakeholders should be improved through various means such as work shop and short term training, school plan should be participatory based on school self-as_sessment, strengthen school and community relationship, allocate enough budget for SIP implementation, principals should be committed, Woreda Education Office should give greater attention for the selection and recruitment of school principals as they play a vital role by bridging the gap between school and community , follow up, monitoring and evaluating of SIP planning and implementation in general ..	en_US
dc.language.iso	en_US	en_US
dc.subject	educational planning& management	en_US
dc.title	Assessment of School Improvement Program Implementation in Primary Schools of Gubalafto Woreda, Amhara Region	en_US
dc.type	Thesis	en_US