Abstract:
The purpose of this study was to identify the main in school factors affecting the quality of
education in secondary schools of Afder Zone. Descriptive survey design was employed to
carry-out the study which enabled the researcher to describe the present status of the problem
under study. The necessary data for the study was collected from 240 students (175 Males and
65 Females), 65 teachers (62 Males and 3 Females) and 10 secondary schools principals and
vice principals drawn from the five sample schools as well as five supervisors from the five
woredas selected through stratified random sampling for the students and available sampling
for teachers, school principals and supervisors. The instruments employed to collect data from
the respondents were questionnaire, interview, observation and documents. The quantitative
data gathered from the respondents was analyzed by using frequency, percentage, mean and
chi-square and the qualitative data was analyzed through narration. The findings of the study
revealed that, the dominant in-school factors that affect quality of secondary school education
in the Zone were Shortage of teaching materials, large number of students in a class and poor
in the language of instruction of students. The results of the study also shows that to improve
quality education Provide enough teaching materials, Change the shift system and minimize
the number of students are the ways to improve quality education. Based on the findings and
conclusions the following recommendations are made to alleviate the existing problems.
Accordingly, encouraging private investors to open private schools, encouraging community
involvement in supplying school facilities, improving method of teaching English at primary as
well as secondary schools, encouraging students to debate on some issues through English
language, encouraging private investors to publish textbooks so that books would be available
on sale for interested consumers, introduction of quality assurance mechanisms to the
secondary schools, and others which are assumed to solve the identified problems were
recommended.
