The Current Practice of Primary Schools in Promoting Parent’s Involvement in Curriculum Implementation in Haro-Limu Woreda

Abstract

The purpose of this study was to assess the current practice of primary schools in promoting parent’s involvement in curriculum implementation in Haro-Limu Woreda. parent’s involvement in curriculum implementation in Haro-Limu Woreda primary schools. To this end, cross-sectional survey design was employed. schools were selected by simple random sampling technique whereas the school principals and parent teachers’ associations (PTAs) were selected purposively and supervisors were selected by available sampling technique. Teachers were selected by stratified random sampling. Questionnaires, interviews and document analysis were used as data gathering instruments. Having pilot tested the instruments, the data were collected from 173 teachers and 13 principals through questionnaires and 186(99.4%) respondents were properly filled and returned. Six supervisors and Eleven PTAs were also successfully interviewed. The information gathered through close-ended questionnaires were analyzed using mean score while the data gathered through interview and open-ended questions were coded and narrated qualitatively. The findings indicated that, the involvement of parents in primary school’s curriculum implementation in Haro-Limu Woreda were low. The performance of principals, supervisors and teachers in involving parents in school curriculum implementation was moderate. However, as the evidence shows, the efforts of PTAs in organizing parents for planning and decision making of curriculum implementation was high. It is concluded that, the school principals, teachers, PTA and others were not fully committed and responsible in creating awareness and train parents for actively involved in school curriculum implementation. To increase parental involvement in curriculum implementation, it is recommended that primary schools and woreda education offices shall train stakeholders, allocate adequate budget and schools should design income generating mechanism to fulfill school facilities, making active participation of parents in planning, decision making and management in curriculum implementation. Keywords: Parental Involvement, Primary Schools, Curriculum Implementation DOI: 10.7176/RHSS/12-11-01 Publication date: June 30 th 2022