School Diversity Management Practices In Beshale Secondary And Preparatory School

The study focused on exploring the status and practice of school diversity management inrnBeshale Secondary and Preparatory School in Bole Sub City, Addis Ababa, Ethiopia. Itrnemployed mixed study method. Semi-structured interview together with questionnaire were usedrnas data gathering tools. Data obtained through questionnaire were analyzed and summarizedrnusing frequency and percentage. Key informants from study site, principals, teachers andrnselected students were made to participate in the study. The study revealed that students andrnteachers in school were diverse in terms of gender, religion, ethnicity and socio economicrnbackground. However, there is no overwhelming isolation, discrimination, pressure on studentsrnas a result of their differences but there were significant gaps in the treatment of diversity in thernschool. The results of the study uncovered some promising diversity management practices thatrninsured tolerance and co-existence of the school community, but the way diversity managementrnpracticed in the school indicated the existence of considerable gap in treatment of diversity. Thernattitude of parents, school principals and teachers, student discipline and their awareness ofrndiversity, deficiency of educational resources, teachers’ job dissatisfaction and the sociorneconomic and political condition of the country were untouched challenges for school diversityrnmanagement. Finally, strategies for managing diversity issues were put forwarded which includerncreating an all inclusive organization; working to change the school trend towards valuingrndiversity; enhancing awareness of teachers, principals and student’s; and proper collection andrnutilization of diversity data. In addition, linking and valuing diversity issues with the schoolrnplans and objectives, setting core values, assuring all the stakeholder’ support to fulfill schoolrnfacilities, and all school communities should refrain themselves from discriminating andrnisolating others due to their difference were also recommended as critical components to havernharmonious and sustaining good diversity management practice in the school.

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