CONTRIBUTION OF CO-CURRICULAR ACTIVITIES ON CREATING CONDUCIVE ENVIRONMENT FOR STUDENTS LEARNING IN SECONDARY SCHOOLS OF SHENILE WOREDA

Abstract

The purpose of the study was to find out the factors affecting the implementation of cocurricular activities, how they obstacle towards the contribution of co-curricular activities to create enabling environment for Students learning, the perception and efforts towards the improvement of co-curricular activities in secondary schools. The researcher used cross sectional study on three secondary schools of Shinile Woreda. The three secondary schools were selected randomly and students from each school were selected using simple random sampling. The sources of data were Woreda education office head, supervisors, school principals, teachers and students from sample schools. Quantitative data was collected using questionnaire after pilot-testing for validity and reliability. Qualitative data was also collected using interview. The 12 data has been fed into and analyzed by Statistical Package for Social Sciences 21.The study mainly used descriptive statistics like frequency, percentage and others. The qualitative data were grouped in to thematic areas and analyzed. The findings indicated 7(58.3%) of department heads, 10 (55.6%) of teachers and 77 (44%) rated their participation in co-curricular activities as low. Nearly half of respondents of three schools responded that they did not get training on co-curricular activities. Additionally nearly half of the respondents identified financial problems and lack of monitoring and guidance and determinant factors of implementation of co-curricular activities. Therefore it is indicated that although the participation level is low all stakeholders understood that co-curricular activities contribute positive. Furthermore there are administrative, financial and monitoring challenges facing the schools. Therefore teachers should be assigned and trained on the basis of their interest, age, and abilities in facilitating CCAs at school level. Moreover stakeholders should try to address administrative, financial and other challenges identifies in the schools so that students and other can benefit from engaging in co-curricular activities