The Effect Of Affirmative Action On Recipient Female Students And Non- Recipient Students In Selected Schools In Addis Ababa Seiamawityilma

This paper presents the effect of affirmative action on recipient female students and nonrecipientrnstudents in selected preparatory schools of Addis Ababa. A total of 320 recipientrnand non-recipient students were selected randomly from four preparatory (pre-university)rnschools to investigate their academic achievement in a comparative manner. One-samplernt-test which was used to see the recipients' achievement in terms of their Ethiopian HigherrnEducation En~rance Qualification Examination (EHEEQE) as compared to the cut-off pointrnset for admission to higher education, resulted in high significance difference. A directrncomparison of the mean total scores of affirmative action recipient with non-recipientrnstudents using two-sample t-test analysis resulted with high significant difference. Nornsignificant difference was obtained with comparison made between the recipient studentsrnwho were assigned in different streams of natural science and social science. One wayrnANOVA analysis which was employed to compare the academic achievement amongrnschools resulted with no significant difference. Regarding attitude of affirmative actionrnnon-recipient students, 238 students have been taken randomly as respondents. The datarnwas analyzed using percentage and two-sample t-test method. The psycho-socialrnmeasurement scale has been administered for 57 recipient students who were the onlyrnavailable students in the study years. Finally, based on the findings possiblernrecommendations were forwarded

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