Teachers Students And Community Participation In Primary Schools Improvement Program The Case Of Selected Schools In North Shoa Zone In Amhara Regenalstate
The purpose of this study was to assess teachers, students and communityrnparticipation in school improvement program in Amhara Regional State, the casernof North Shao zone. The method of the study was descriptive survey method. Thernsubjects in this study were 144 teaches, 336 students, 22 Woreda educationalrnpersonnels, 12 principals, 5 community representatives, 7 parents and PTsrnmembers and 28 parents. Data were collected through questionnaire, interview,rnfocus group discussion, and observation checklists. Documents were consultedrnregarding data analysis. Percentages were used for some data and qualitativerndata were analyzed qualitatively by the interpretation and description ofrnrespondents' ideas. The findings of the study showed that teachers, studentsrnand community participation have a positive impact on educational quality andrnaccess. It also has a clear impact upon students' enrollment. Community andrnParents are participated to solve the problem which obstacle quality and accessrnof education. The findings shown that the community highly interested torncontributed money, labor, raw materials (wood, stone, .. ) to building new schoolsrnand maintaining schools and send their children to school regularly. The studyrnalso showed that the most factors that hindered teachers, students andrncommunity participation were getting low income, lack of awareness, the schoolrnmanagement and educational experts gave unfair training opportunity to therncommunity and shortage of time. Based on the findings of this study, capacityrnbuilding should be given to the community through short-term and long-termrntraining program at local level, and the Ministry of Education and the RegionalrnGovernment should further plan to support community locally to strengt':-en thern,rnaccess of students to primary education