Practice Of Co- Curricular Activities And How They Develop Students Talent In Preparatory Schools In Addis Ababa

Education is very important for the amendment of children’s behavior and individuals’ personality.rnFor this reason, the modern Education emphasize on all round development of children. Educationrnhas two parts; curricular and co-curricular activities. As curricular program, co-curricular activitiesrnare practiced in the world. Co-curricular activities are an integral part of students’ holistic, wellroundedrneducation. It helps to cultivate students’ qualities such as resilience, tenacity, confidence andrndifferent talents. However, the practices of co- curricular activities in government secondary schoolsrnare challenged with different factors. To find out the factors in practice of Co- curricular activitiesrnand how they build students’ talent the researcher used Cross sectional study. Education Bureau, subcities/rnWoreda/ education offices and selected schools were taken as study population. The three Subrncities were randomly selected. The three Preparatory Schools and students at each school werernselected using stratified random sampling. The quantitative data was analyzed using StatisticalrnPackage for the Social Science, computer soft ware version 19, whereas the qualitative data wererngrouped in to thematic areas and analyzed. About (73%) teachers of three schools responded that theyrndid not get training on Co-curricular activities, but Addis Ababa Education Bureau said even thoughrnit is irregular some teachers took training. (27.9%), (26.7%) of teachers and students respectively saidrnthere is very high shortage of facility,(85%) teachers explained that Woreda education office did notrngive attention for Co- curricular activities . Addis Ababa Education Bureau and sub city Educationrnoffices mentioned 18- 21 number of Co- curricular activities are expected in each preparatory school.rnPractice of Co- curricular activities is affected by untrained teachers, shortage of materials, thernpresence of inactive clubs in school compound, and unavailability of adequate budget for Cocurricularrnactivities implementation. All should be available

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