Educational Research and Reviews

  • Abbreviation: Educ. Res. Rev.
  • Language: English
  • ISSN: 1990-3839
  • DOI: 10.5897/ERR
  • Start Year: 2006
  • Published Articles: 2010

Full Length Research Paper

The practice and challenges of school-based teachers’ continuous professional development: A case of Government Secondary Schools of Hawassa City in Ethiopia

Abraham Tulu
  • Abraham Tulu
  • School of Teachers Education, College of Education, Hawassa University, Ethiopia.
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  •  Received: 27 October 2018
  •  Accepted: 12 December 2018
  •  Published: 10 January 2019

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