Abstract:
The purpose of the study was to assess the implementation of Gender Based Affirmative
Action in filtu secondary and preparatory school of liban zone, Somali Regional State.
The study was a descriptive case study. For the qualitative study, 14 female students who
were the beneficiaries of gender based affirmative action in their University Entrance
Exam, 3 parents of the school, the vice principal and the woreda education office Head
were the respondents. For the survey, the vice principal, 3 parents, 22 staff members, 13
female students who passed in grade 12th lower affirmative action point participated.
Availability and purposive sampling were employed in the study. For the qualitative
study semi structured interviews were used and data was organized into themes. For the
survey, questionnaires of both qualitative and quantitative methods were used. Table and
descriptive statistics like frequency distribution, percentage were used. For the analysis
triangulation of the study and means of data gathering were implemented. The results
obtained were conclusively presented. There was scarcity of resources, lack of facilities,
breach of rules and regulations, poor academic performance of the female students and
lack of quality education at the secondary and primary levels. From huge evidence
elicited the two studies corresponded to each other for the reliability of the study and the
validity of the instruments used due to the triangulation of the study. The study
recommends extra Gender based Affirmative Action measures, enough system support,
extra resource, stopping impunity and striving for quality of education at the secondary
school.
