Educational Research and Reviews

  • Abbreviation: Educ. Res. Rev.
  • Language: English
  • ISSN: 1990-3839
  • DOI: 10.5897/ERR
  • Start Year: 2006
  • Published Articles: 2008

Full Length Research Paper

Challenges students’ face in their transition from primary to secondary school and the interventions schools take to ease the transition

Wudu Melese Tarekegne
  • Wudu Melese Tarekegne
  • Jimma University, College of Education and Behavioral Science, Department of Teacher Education and Curriculum Studies, Ethiopia
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  •  Received: 23 December 2014
  •  Accepted: 05 February 2015
  •  Published: 10 March 2015

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