SOME VARIABLES AFFECTING RURAL PEOPLE'S BENEFIT FROM COMMUNITY SCHOOLS IN SOHAG GOVERNORATE | ||||
| Journal of Agricultural Economics and Social Sciences | ||||
| Article 5, Volume 29, Issue 11, November 2004, Page 6323-6339 PDF (4.21 MB) | ||||
| Document Type: Original Article | ||||
| DOI: 10.21608/jaess.2004.209814 | ||||
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| Authors | ||||
| Y. A. Romeih,; Maha M.F. Abdel Reheem | ||||
| Agricultural Extension and Rural Development Research Institute, Agriculture Research Center. | ||||
| Abstract | ||||
| This research aimed at identifying the educational and societal benefit level of male and female participants in community schools, identifying the significant differences among participants in regard of educational and societal benefit from such schools, besides determining the relative contribution of most important variables that explain variance in educational and societal benefit degree from community schools, finally, identifying the most important problems facing learners and facilitators in such schools and their suggestions to overcome these problems in Sohag governorate. Sohag governorate was chosen, as one of the large Upper Egypt governorates (Sohag-Assuit-Quena) in community schools and number of fifth-grade elementary students, with a sample size of 200 participants (100 M/F) and 50 facilitators (25 M/F). Data were collected through a personal interview questionnaire- after a pre-test, during (June-July) 2004. The following statistical methods were used: Pearson simple correlation coefficient, T tests, STEP-WISE, frequencies and percentages. The research results revealed the following: Females' educational benefit ratio from community schools was higher than males. Males' community benefit from these schools was higher than females. There was a significant difference at 0.01 among males and females in regard of educational and societal benefit. There were four independent variables that contribute in explaining the variance in males' educational benefit from community schools which are: respondents' culture cosmopolitaness. family's monthly income. family's agriculture ownership, family's average education level. There were three independent variables that contribute in explaining the variance in male's societal benefit from community schools which are: family's average education level, family's monthly income, family's agriculture ownership. There were four independent variables that contribute in explaining the variance in female's educational benefit from community schools which are: interviewee's attitude towards community school, family's average education level, family's agriculture ownership, family size. There were three independent variables that contribute in explaining the variance in female's societal benefit from community schools which are: interviewee's attitude towards community school, family's agriculture ownership, family's average education level. The most important problems - from male's point of view, were respectively: unavailability of educational materials and facilities, participants amassment, lack of sufficient lightening in classrooms and lack of authorities follow-up to such schools. As for female point of view, these problems were respectively: unavailability of educational materials and facilities, lack of lightening in classrooms, amassment and lack of authorities' follow-up to such schools. | ||||
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