Out Of School Factors Affecting Quality Of Education In General Secondary Education The Case Of Kimbibit Woreda In Oromia Regional State

The purpose of this study was to assess out of school factors affecting quality education inrngeneral secondary education: the case of Kimbibit Woreda in Oromia regional state. Arndescriptive survey design was employed to carry out the study which enabled the researcherrnto describe the present status of the problem under study. All the three general secondaryrnschools of Kimbibit Woreda were included in this study. 330 students and 76 teachers werernselected by stratified simple random sampling while three school principals, One Vicernprincipal, one supervisor and three Woreda education office experts were selected usingrnpurposive sampling technique. The instruments employed to collect data from respondentsrnwere questionnaire, interview and document analysis. The quantitative data gathered fromrnrespondents were analyzed using percentage, mean, weighted mean, one sample t-test andrnthe qualitative data was analyzed through narration. The results of the study revealed thatrnstudents’ related factors such as students lack of interest for education, failure to study hard,rnpeer influence and absenteeism socio economic related factors; low economic status ofrnparents, lack of educational materials support and parents education level socio-culturalrnfactors like parental divorce, parents low perception towards education and communityrnrelated factors like attitude of the society towards school, lack of parents education support,rnlack of parents follow up of their children as well as out of school factors such as, lowrncommunity involvement in school affairs and lack of parents visit the learning activities ofrntheir children’s were among major variables that influenced quality of education in generalrnsecondary education of Kimbibit Woreda in Oromia regional state. The Woreda educationrnbureau was found to be establishing efficient school leadership, making the family and therncommunity to build positive perception towards education and improving the capacity of thernschool in terms of quality indicators. Thus, it is recommended that the secondary schoolsrnshould ensure the participation of parents, students, teachers and community members tornenhance the academic achievement of students as well as school performance

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