COMPARATIVE STUDY OF ORGANIZATIONAL CULTURE AND ACADEMIC PERFORMANCE BETWEEN SELECTED GOVERNMENT AND PRIVATE SCHOOLS AT AKAKI KALITY SUB-CITY

Abstract

The purpose of the study is to assess and compare the existing organizational culture, the performance gap which is observed in the schools, the factor affecting student performance of government and private secondary schools at Akaki Kality sub city. Both qualitative and quantitative data were used. Quantitative data were collected using questionnaire for teachers’ respondents’ whereas qualitative data was collected using Interview for principals and sub-city supervisors, and related documents were also used as reference. The data was gathered from two government and two private secondary schools .113 teacher, 4 school principals, 2 sub-city supervisors were included as samples to obtain the necessary data. SPSS version 19.0 was used to enter and analyze the data. Descriptive statistics (percentage, mean value, standard deviation and p-value) was used to analyze and interpret the quantitative data gathered. The ttest also conducted to identify whether there is statistically significant difference among the school. The finding indicate that teachers in both types of school argue that moderate performance gap exist in government and private schools. it is possible to conclude that the government schools are focused on their employees ‘people focused while the private counterparts gave equal emphasis for both employees personal interest and the result that has to be achieved. Hence, the researcher would like to recommend the government schools that they should; build strong competitive culture among their employees use their resources efficiently, have detailed job description and strong controlling system. The study also suggest that in order to fill the academic student performance gap government school should use the experience of private schools and adopt themselves to change