Preparing Good Citizenship through Active Stakeholder Participation Some Ethiopian Schools in Focus

Abstract

The preparation of informed, effective, and responsible citizens is a formidable task thatrequires the active participation and passionate commitment of many individuals andinstitutions. Hence, understanding and describing the participation of Civic and EthicalEducation stakeholders, in Ethiopia, in the process of good citizenship was the purposeof this study. To achieve this purpose, a descriptive survey design, using bothquantitative and qualitative methods was employed. Through different sampling techniques, 30 civic and ethical education teachers, 300 students, 100 non-Civic and Ethical Education teachers, and 22 school leaders were selected from 10 schools foundin two woredas of East Gojjam administrative zone. Questionnaires and semi-structuredinterviews were used to gather data pertinent to the study. Based on the data gatheredand analyzed, the study revealed that stakeholders of citizenship education, in Ethiopia,did not satisfactorily discharge their responsibilities for good citizenship. Finally, somerecommendations that could possibly mitigate the problem (e.g., awareness creation onthe responsibility of good citizenship) are included.