Work Situations Of Women Teachers In Rural Primary Schools Of North Shoa Zone In Amhara Region Challenges And Opportunities

The purpose of this study was to assess work situations of rural primaryrnschool women teachers in relation to challenges and opportunities. It wasrnconducted in North Shoa Zone of Amhara Region using mixed approachbothrnquantitative and qualitative methods. Three data collectingrninstruments: questionnaires, interview and FGD were used. The sources ofrndata were 180 Primary school female teachers, 18 principals, 18 clusterrnresource center supe rvisors, 20 education experts, 7 TARs, 6 heads ofrnWEOs, 6 WWAOs heads and 6 PTA members selected by using simplernrandom and purposive sampling techniques. The major findings of thernstudy were community's lack of confidence in female teachers'rnperformance, poor administration capacities of principals and CRCrnsupervisors in getting women teachers benefited from affirmative actionsrnand danger of sexual harassment that challenged rural primary schoolrnwomen teachers in their day-to-day performances. The existence of priorityrnduring recruitment, placement, transfer and leadership positions andrnrecognition of their rights though limited in coverage were found to bernopportunities to female teachers. Finally, to minimize problems facing ruralrnprimary school female teachers, mobilizing the community for cooperation,rnthe need for short and long term trainings and harmonized workingrnconditions between WEOs and WWAOs were forwarded to empowerrnfemale teachers consistently.

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