Assessment of the School Based Care and Support Conditions of Orphan Children in Primary Schools

Addisu, Chane

dc.contributor.author	Addisu, Chane
dc.date.accessioned	2017-08-25T04:39:49Z
dc.date.available	2017-08-25T04:39:49Z
dc.date.issued	2011-08-25
dc.identifier.uri	http://hdl.handle.net/123456789/7841
dc.description	In Partial Fulfillment of the Requirements for the Degree of MASTER OF EDUCATION IN EDUCATIONAL PSYCHOLOGY	en_US
dc.description.abstract	A tremendous increase in the number of orphans associated with a sharp rise in prime-age adult mortality due to AIDS and other potential causes has become a serious problem in Ethiopia; in fact, many school-aged children have lost at least one parent in the country. Reduced investments in the education of children/human capital/ and other adverse conditions of life due to parental death are resulting with strategic problems at national level and orphans face an unaffordable life to attend their education, increased risk of poverty, exploitation, malnutrition, and poorer access to health care and schooling, early intervention is critical to avoid the potential poverty trap. The purpose of this study was to investigate the School based care and supports of orphan ~ children; mainly at school level the gaps between orphan children's school based care and support needs versus the quality and adequacy df responses from schools, orphan children's level of academic self esteem and academic achievement as compared to their non-orphan peers and lastly, the existence of relationships between orphan children's self Results indicated that although orphan children have the need for school based care and support· so that they can continue education, school's response to their needs was insufficient, not comprehensive, donor dependent and unsustainable. Statistically significant difference on the level of self-esteem and academic achievement was observed between orphan and non-orphan children. However, the correlation result "between orphan children's self-esteem and academic achievement was not found statistically significant. Results were discussed in light of other study findings and results.	en_US
dc.subject	Educational Psychology	en_US
dc.title	Assessment of the School Based Care and Support Conditions of Orphan Children in Primary Schools	en_US
dc.type	Thesis	en_US