International Journal of Science, Engineering and TechnologyAuthors: Moy Topo Murale, Abraham Yohannes Amado, Abate Ashsnafi Niguse
Abstract: The purpose of the study was to explore factors affect girls’ participation in secondary education in Dasanech and Hamer woredas, South Omo Zone, South Ethiopia Regional State Ethiopia. The objectives of the study are. – to find out how cultural, school and economic factors affect participation of girls in secondary education, to identify the individual challenges that affect participation of girls in secondary education, to suggest ways of improving girls’ participation in secondary education in Dasanech and Hamer woredas. To achieve this, the descriptive survey method was used. The target population of the study was the 2 head teachers of two public secondary schools in South Omo Zone, 20 girls, 20 boys, 10 class teachers. The response rate of the respondents was 100 percent. The study used questionnaires for data collection and collected data were analyzed using computer. The findings from the study showed that socio-economic factors affect participation of girls in secondary education. This resulted to lack of teaching learning materials and lack of personal effects for those with poor socio-economic background. The socio-cultural factors result to early marriages, male preference in family, community initiation into adulthood, negative attitudes of girls in education, cultural practices and feeling of being adults which do affect participation of girls in secondary education. Parents’ level of education as a factor affects girls’ participation in secondary education because it can promote or lower their participation in education. Educated parents do support their girls in their educational requirements. They also become role models to their daughters' participation in education they most understand what their daughters want and they do provide them with unlike the uneducated parents. Distance from school as a factor has effect on girls’ participation in education. The researchers suggest the need to carry out the study to determine other factors affecting girls’ participation in secondary education. The researchers also suggest similar studies to be carried out in other woredas secondary schools and in public primary schools in the Zone.
DOI: http://doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.17097327
