School Effectiveness: A Comparison of Urban-Rural Public Primary Schools in Tigrai

Abstract

The objective of the study was to identify the differences in the process of effective and ineffective schools considering urban -rural setting in some selected primary schools of Tigai regional state of Ethiopia. This study utilized quantitative research and data collection and analysis techniques. Both probability and purposive sampling strategies were employed in the study. From 12 public primary schools, a total of 12 principals, 120 teachers, 480 students and 72 parents were filled identical questionnaires with community type as independent variables and the 11 school climate dimensions as dependent variables were conducted to answer the research question. All tests of statistical significance were considered at alpha = 0.05. The study revealed that there was a significant difference between urban and rural schools in most of the traditional school effectiveness process variables. Moreover, there was a consensus between students and parents that the school process variable, appropriate teaching methodology can successfully differentiate between urban and rural schools in Tigrai.