The Psychosocial Adjustment And Educational Achievement Of Manjo Ethnic Minority Students In Two Schools Of Bonga Kafa Zone

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The purpose of this study was to investigate the psychosocial adjustment and the educationalrnachievement of Manjo ethnic minority students intwo schools of Bonga.Even though numbersrnwere used to show the academic performance of the students, qualitative method descriptivernstudy was mainly used to meet the objectives of the study. Interview, observation, focused grouprndiscussion and document analysis were tools employed to collect necessary data. Fourteenrnstudents and six teachers totally 20 participants were selected using snowball and purposivernsampling techniques. The finding of the study showedthatManjo students’ had negativernperception towards non-ManjoKafa students and towards themselves. Also, some Manjo studentsrnhad negative perception for non-ManjoKafa teachers. In addition, the result of the studyrnindicated that the interpersonal relationship between Manjo and non-ManjoKafa students wasrnpoor and the relationship among Manjo students was strong. Moreover, the academicrnperformance of Manjo students was poor when it compared with the performance of non-Manjornstudents. The study finally concluded that, Manjo ethnic minority studentswere poorly adjustedrnpsychosocially and poorly performed academically. Open and respectful interculturalrndiscussions, awareness raising efforts through religious and social organizations and usingrndifferent techniques in curricular and co-curricular activities were some of therecommendationsrnmade to enhance the psychosocial adjustment and the educational achievement of ManjornstudentsrnKeywords:psychosocial, adjustment,perception,achievement

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