In-depth analysis of primary schools performance, financial strength and challenges in Bench-Sheko, Kafa and Sheka Zones, Ethiopia.

This study is aimed to look at the performance and challenges of public primary schools found in Bench-Sheko, Kafa, and Sheka Zones. National standards developed for Education Sector Development Program V (ESDP V, 2016-2020) was used to measure the schools' performance. Primary and secondary data are used to meet the research target.

Student representation and participation in institutional decision-making: the perspective of AAU student representatives, Ethiopia.

This article explored the status of student representation and participation in institutional decision-making; specifically, it focused on the nature of student representation; the perspective of student representatives on their participation; any available support to student representatives, and prevailing challenges to student participation in decision-making. Empirical data were collected through semi-structured interviews with two students' union executive committee members; and FGD with five college and department level student representatives as well as through relevant document reviews. By employing descriptive textual data analysis, four dominant themes emerged as findings of the study.