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Item THE EFFECT OF ACTIVE LEARNING METHOD ON GRADE TEN STUDENTS IN THE ACHIEVEMENT OF CHEMISTRY: THE CASE OF ROMAN DEGA SECONDARY SCHOOL, KEDIDA GAMELA, KAMBATTA ZONE, CENTERAL ETHIOPIA REGION, ETHIOPIA(WOLKITE UNIVERSITY, 2024-12) SEWUNET SAMUEL WANOREActive learning requires students to do meaningful learning activities and think about what they are learning. This study aimed to investigate the effect of an active learning method on Grade 10 students in the achievement of Chemistry. The research was conducted at Roman dega Secondary School, kedida Gamela, Central Ethiopia Region. For the study purpose, a quasi-experimental design was employed. By using simple random sampling technique, 72 students were selected as a sample size from a total population of 360. Also 7 chemistry teachers, 3 the school principals and 1 supervisor were included in the study .A stratified sampling technique was used to maintain the proportional allocation of students from each section. The sampled students were assigned to two groups: experimental (N (exp) = 36) and control (N(con) = 36). The experimental group received instruction with active learning methods such as group discussion, question and answer, problem solving, experimental and visual-based learning. In contrast to that, the control group was taught with the traditional lecture method from the same chapter of "Energy Change and Electrochemistry" by the same teacher. The application took seven weeks. At the beginning of the first week, a pretest was administered for both groups. A post test was given for both groups at the end of the seventh week. To ensure the validity of the tool, the test was presented to the study advisor and four experienced high school teachers. The data obtained was analyzed using SPSS version 20. A T-test was used to test the statistical significance of the hypothesis generated in the study. The significance level of the results was tested at alpha = 0.05 significance level. Results showed that there was a significant difference between the means of experimental group pretest and post test ( p ≤ 0.05) in the achievement of chemistry. But there was no significant difference between the means of the control group pretest and post test after intervention (P > 0.05). Questionnaires were also administered before and after the intervention. The findings of the study revealed that incorporating an active learning approach in chemistry enhanced the learning achievement of 10th grade students. In light of the obtained results, the researcher recommended the utilization of an active learning method in teaching chemistry so as to enhance students’ achievement in chemistry and positive perceptions towards chemistry.Item SELF-MEDICATION PRACTICE AND ASSOCIATED FACTORS AMONG PREGNANT WOMEN IN RURAL KEBELES OF CHEHAWEREDA GURAGE ZONE CENTERAL ETHIOPIA(WOLKITE UNIVERSITY, 2024-04) -SHIKURIA ABDELAIntroduction: Self-medication practice is the use of drugs without a medical advice to treat self identified illnesses. This could lead to a multiple health problems for the mother and the fetus during pregnancy. However, the prevalence is reported to be high both in developed and developing countries. A large proportion of pregnant women in Ethiopia live in rural areas with low healthcare coverage and a lack of basic drug safety information. Despite this, studies are limited in rural Ethiopia and at the community level, and as a result, limited scientific evidence on SMP during pregnancy in the Gurage zone. Objective: To assess the prevalence of self-medication practice and identify its associated factors among pregnant women in rural Keble of Cheha Woreda Method: A community-based cross-sectional study design supplemented with qualitative data was employed on 607 pregnant women and 40 key informants in the rural kebele of Cheha woreda from March 1 to April 30/2024 GC. A multi-stage sampling technique was used to select study participants; the quantitative data was collected using a structured interview questionnaire and analyzed with Binary logistic regression and thematic analysis for qualitative data. Results: Out of the sample pregnant women, 555 pregnant women and 38 key informants participated in the study with a response rate of 91.5%. The overall prevalence of SMP among pregnant women was 286(51.5%).Age of the pregnant women(AOR = 0.34, 95% CI (0.04-3.013)), ANC follow up (AOR=2.94, 95%CI (1.08-8.0)), Pregnancy related problem (AOR =0.056, 95% CI (0.03-0.09)), Knowledge(AOR = 2.02, 95% CI (1.06-3.84)), Distance from health facility (AOR =3.52 95% CI (1.13-10.9)) and Drug availability in the nearest health facility (AOR=2.6,95% CI: (1.44-4.7)) were significantly associated with self-medication practice. Minor illness, low cost alternative and time saving were the reasons to SMP. Conclusion and Recommendation: Almost half of the pregnant women practiced self-medication in the study setting. An awareness-building campaign and health education for pregnant mothers and general population, focusing on rural areas, need to be advocated.Item PREVALENCE AND ASSOCIATED FACTORS OF UTERINE FIBROIDS AMONG REPRODUCTIVE AGE WOMEN ATTENDING GYNECOLOGY UNIT IN GURAGE ZONE HOSPITALS, CENTRAL ETHIOPIA, 2024.(WOLKITE UNIVERSITY, 2024-04) MUNTAHA KEDIRIntroduction: Uterine fibroid is one of the most common benign smooth muscle tumors of the uterus that affect women of reproductive age. The prevalence of fibroids is significant with esti mates that 20-25% of women and about 235 million of women who represent 6.6% of global women population estimated to be affecting worldwide. In our country the prevalence and asso ciated factors of uterine fibroids among reproductive age women is still unclear, thus, this study aimed to assess the prevalence and associated factors of uterine fibroids among women attending gynecological unit in Gurage Zone Hospitals, 2024. Methods: An institution based cross-sectional study was conducted in 2024, involving 342 study participants who were selected consecutively during the study period. The data were collected by using pre-tested structured questioners and data were entered into epi-data manager Version 4.2 and subsequently exported to SPSS version 20 for analysis. Bivariable and Multivariable Lo gistic regressions analysis were performed to identify associated factors for uterine fibroids con sidering of 95% CI and P-value of < 0.05. Results: The prevalence of uterine fibroids among reproductive age women was 22.1%. The mean age of respondents was 33.4 and SD ± 6.8 years. Factors such as, age between 36-45 years (AOR = 8.635, 95% CI (1.179 - 63.223); participants educational status of secondary level (AOR = .040, 95% CI (.003-.485); experiencing infertility (AOR = 18.626, 95% Cl (4.336 - 80.011); obstetrics and gynecology related surgeries (AOR = 15.520, 95% Cl (5.755 - 41.854); ever used of contraceptives (AOR = .267, 95% Cl (.094 - .759); late age of menarche (AOR = .031,95% Cl (.001- .646); and family history of uterine fibroids (AOR = 6.705, 95% Cl (2.464 18.248); were significantly associated with uterine fibroids. Conclusion In this study, the prevalence of uterine fibroids found to be relatively high. Major predictors such as age of women, participant educational status, infertility, obstetrics and gynecology related op eration, contraceptives, family history, and late menarche age was found to be predictors of uter ine fibroids. Therefore, encourage of the women early childbirth, promotion of contraceptives pills through long times should be promoted by health information and health education pro gram.Item UTILIZATION OF EIGHT ANTENATAL CARE CONTACTS AND ASSOCIATED FACTORS AMONG POSTNATAL WOMEN IN GURAGE ZONE, CENTERAL ETHIOPIA, 2024(WOLKITE UNIVERSITY, 2025-04) AMINAT ALIBackground: Antenatal care refers to the care provided by skilled healthcare professionals to a woman from the start of her pregnancy until the onset of labor. It serves as a gateway for pregnant women in order to receive a broad range of health promotion and preventive services, including screening for warning signs during pregnancy, delivery and postpartum period. However, there is limited evidence on the utilization of the recent eight ANC contacts. Objective: To assess the utilization of eight ANC contacts and associated factors among postnatal women in Gurage zone, Central, Ethiopia. Methods: A cross-sectional study was conducted at Gurage Zone Hospital from February 23 to May 22, 2024, using consecutive sampling technique. A pretested structured questionnaire was employed via face-to-face interview and collected data was entered into EpiData version 4.6. Data analysis was done using SPSS version 25. Binary logistic regression was applied to assess association between the dependent and independent variables with a p-value below 0.05 was used to define statistical significance. The analyzed data was presented in frequency, percentage, mean, tables and figures. Results: A total of 392 pregnant women were included with response rate of 93%. The mean age of participants was 28 (SD +5). Overall, 147 (37.5 %; 95% CI:32.5 -42.5%) pregnant women had completed eight ANC contacts. Up on multivariable logistic regression model, age Conclusion: Eight ANC contact utilization is found to be low the national of reaching every pregnant woman and associated with age, residence, gestational age, knowledge of mother on 8 ANC contacts, perceived barriers, perceived cue to action, and ANC satisfaction. These findings help health care programmers and policymakers to introduce appropriate policies and programs to ensure increase the coverage of eight ANC contact.Item FACTORSCHALLENGINGCHANGEMANAGEMENTPRACTICE:INTHE CASEOFGURAGEZONEPUBLICSECTORS(WOLKITE UNIVERSITY, 2021-06) :ABDUREZAKSURURIBRAHITheimplementationphaseofchangemanagementpointedasthemostchallenging factor. Thus ,this study intended toidentify factors thatchall engetoimplement changemanagementinpublicsector.Toaddressthestudyobjectives,publicsectorselectpurposiveorjudgmentalsamplingmethodandthesamplesizeof206respondentswereselectedtopropoion alstrati fiedsamplingmethodwasusedto collectdata.Thedataforthi sstudywereobtainedfromprimarysourcequalitative datacollectionmethodswereemployed.Theinstrumentusedtogatherqualitative datawasLikerscalecloseendedquestionnaire.Datapresentation,anal ysisandinterpretationaremadewiththeaidofregressionanddescriptivestati stics.Major findi ngsofthestudyinclude:themajorchangemanagementpracticechallengingfactorwereemployeeandmanagerattitude,publicsectorstructure,publ icsector cultureandpublicsectorinternalandexternalcommunication.Challengeslie managingthehumandimensionsofchange,weakerandinconsistentsupport providedbytopmanagement,lackofcommitment,nostrongbaselineassessment. Basedonthefindingofthestudythepaperconcludesthatchangemanagementin guragezonepublicsectorhaschangeemployeeandmanagerattitude,public sectorstructure,publ icsectorculture,publ icsectorcommunicationtoproducea signifi cant impact on public sector change management implementation improvementandwasgainingthecompetitiveadvantagesexpectedfrom the radicalchange.Itrecommendsthatchangeagentsresponsibleofleadingthe changemanagementpractices,implementationofchangemanagementandthe publicsectormissi on,strategyandkeylongtermobjecti vesisstronglyrel atebythe personalgoalsandvaluesofitsmanagement.Theorganization,shouldsetupits ownemployeeandmanager accountabilityandresponsibility,traini ngprogram, experienceshari ngschedule,dail yand weeklyindividualacti rewardingsystemenhancedthatbestfittothei itsgoalseffecti velyandeffici ently.Item ASSESSMENT OF PERFORMANCE MANAGEMENT SYSTEM AND EMPLOYEES’ SATISFACTION(WOLKITE UNIVERSITY, 2020-10) Kasahun TAMIRATA study entitled Assessment of performance management system and employees’ satisfaction Ethiopia was conducted with the aim of identifying determinants affecting the employees satisfaction in some selected west Addis Abeba . A three stage random sampling technique was used to select representative employees; and a total of 349 employees were surveyed to collect primary data from sample respondent using a semi-structured questionnaire. Secondary data were also collected through reviewing of different documents from commercial bank of Ethiopia. Both descriptive and econometric methods of data analysis (binomial logit model) were used. The result of econometric analysis revealed that age, sex, access to training, and good working envaroment were found to significantly affect the employee satisfaction in the organization. The finding, therefore, focused to build the capacity and knowledge of employees with training, good working envaroment that satisfaying of employees towards it is works in the commercial bank of ethiopia.Item THE BEST PROXIMITY POINT THEOREM FOR GENERALIZED (χ,φ)- WEAK CONTRACTIONS IN BRANCIARI TYPE GENERALIZED METRIC SPACES(WOLKITE UNIVERSITY, 2025-06) SHEMSU WABELA HULCHAFOThe Theorem of "Best Proximity Point for generalized (χ,φ)-weak contractions in Branciari type generalized metric spaces" is thoroughly examined in this thesis. The concept of contraction mappings is generalized by the (χ,φ)-weak contraction. By defining the situations in which a mapping has a "unique best proximity point", this thesis applies the Theorem of "Best Proximity Point" to this context. Examples are provided to illustrate the results and show how the theorem might be applied in different situationsItem BEST PROXIMITY THEOREM FOR GENERALIZED (θ,γ)-PROXIMAL CONTRACTION MAPPING IN RECTANGULAR QUASI B- METRIC SPACE(WOLKITE UNIVERSITY, 2025-06-10) KASAHUN BEYENE BEJIGAThis paper explores best proximity point theorems whit in the framework of broad (θ,γ) proximal reduction “mappings in rectangular quasi b-metric spaces”. “We introduce the class of rectangular quasi b- metric” space as a broadening of rectangular metric space, “rectangular quasi” b-metric space, “rectangular b-metric” space,define broad (θ,γ)proximal reduction mappings. Establish situation under which a optimal proximity point exists and provide example to clear my results. Extend previous work on fixed point theorems and contribute to the theory of proximity points in non-standard metric spaces.Item IN VITRO REGENERATION OF Brassica spp, A LOCAL LANDRACE SIMUARE(WOLKITE UNIVERSITY, 2024-06) GETE FIKADU WOLDESENBETSimuare (Brassica spp), a leafy vegetable resembling kale, is widely grown and consumed in Ethiopia’s Gurage Zone. Due to its inability to flower and set seed, Simuare is propagated solely through cuttings, a method that is inefficient for producing sufficient planting material. This study was conducted to develop an efficient and cost-effective in vitro micro-propagation protocol to address these limitations. Explants were surface sterilized using ethanol (70% for 30 seconds), mancozeb (2.5mg/l), and bleach (2% for 20 minutes), achieving a survival rate of 99.6%. Murashige and Skoog (MS) medium supplemented with various concentrations of auxins and cytokinins was used for culture initiation, shoot multiplication, and root induction. Optimal shoot initiation was observed with 1 mg/L BAP and 1 mg/L kinetin, while the highest shoot multiplication occurred on MS medium containing 3 mg/L BAP and 0.1 mg/L GA3, producing 6.2 ± 1.68 leaves, 4.33 ± 1.87 shoots per explant, and a shoot height of 4.44 ± 0.83 cm. Root induction was most effective with 0.3 mg/L IBA and 0.2 mg/L NAA, yielding 5.04 ± 0.07 roots per plantlet and a root length of 3.06 ± 0.47 cm. The developed protocol successfully overcame challenges of conventional propagation, achieving high explant survival, efficient shoot multiplication, and effective root induction. These findings provide a reliable method for large-scale Simuare propagation, and the protocol is recommended for producing high-quality planting materials to meet growing demand.Item THE EFFECT OF CUSTOMER RELATIONSHIP MANAGEMENT PRACTICE ON THE CUSTOMER SATISFACTION IN THE CASE OF COMMERCIAL BANK OF ETHIOPIA OPERATING IN GURAGHE ZONE(WOLKITE UNIVERSITY, 2024-09) TESHALE DIGAFEThis study want to address the highlighted gaps established in the literature by examining the influence of customer relationship management practices on the customer satisfaction in the case of commercia Bank of Ethiopia in Guraghe zone with reference to assessing the CRM practices. The thesis was used the five key constructs of Customer Relationship Management these are organizational commitment, customer experience, process driven approach, reliability and technology orientation.The research design in this study was both descriptive and explanatory type research. The function of research design is to provide for the collection of relevant data with minimum expenditure of effort time and money taking in to account the research purpose. During sampling techniques were used stratified random sampling is also a form of probability sampling. For this purpose, the researcher distributed questionnaires to 267 respondents from which 250 of the questionnaires were filled and returned to the researcher for analysis. In this research the SPSS and Stata software is used to enhance data analysis process. The problem has shown in this thesis from the result of cronbach’s alpha is the reliability statistics which is a little bit small.To increase the number of questions the respondent may be bored. The findings of the study shows that the technology orientation has the highest influence on customer satisfaction. Hence Commercial Bank of Ethiopia in Guraghe zone should be very conscious in improving more use of latest technology to offer quality services. This will yield more customer satisfaction which may contribute to customer loyalty and retention as argued by some researchers. Additionally future research is recommended to identify other variables of customer relationship management that effect customer satisfaction and the mediating factors as this study evaluated the relationship only from five dimensions.