[01] Asrat Dagnew Kelkay, College of Education and Behavioral Science, Bahir dar University, Bahir dar, Ethiopia.

The purpose of the study was to examine the practice and Challenges of recruitment and selection of teachers in private primary school of Bahir dar city. Objective of the study was to investigate the implementation of recruitment and selection of teachers in private primary schools. Design of the study was descriptive survey method. A total of 8 private primary schools were selected on the basis of comprehensive sampling method. Currently, there are a total of 97 teachers in the private primary schools. Both quantitative and qualitative data analysis methods were used. The major findings of the study revealed that the current practice in the study area showed that recruitment and selection practice is not appropriate. The observed mean and the expected mean were found to be 2.693 and 3.00 respectively. It seems that the observed mean score is less than the expected mean score. However, the one sample t-test value asserted that there is no significant difference between the two mean scores. It was concluded that the recruitment and selection criteria of private primary school teachers were not properly implemented. The researcher recommended that teachers should be selected on the basis of clear and well defined criteria. The schools have to apply diversified methods to invite applicants; they have to give the value to academic qualification by eliminating the practice of selecting teachers based on the personal relationship in school.

Practice, Challenges, Recruitment, Selection and Private Primary Schools

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