Assessment of Perceived Discrimination and Self-Esteem Among Students OfManjo Ethnic Background in Schools and Colleges of Bonga Town

The objective of this study was assessing perceived discrimination and self-esteem among manjostudents. descriptive and co-relational survey design was employed to investigate the issues. onehundred twelve students from schools and college were included on the principles of comprehensivesampling for institutions and snowball sampling for participants. data was collected using close endedquestionnaire and semi-structured interview guides. the collected data was analyzed using percentage,mean, pearson correlation, independent test, and one-way anova for quantitative information whilethematic analysis was used for qualitative information. the results show that a) there was significantvariation on mean self-esteem across different grade levels (f (2, 109) =11.68 at p<0.05), and age groups(f (2, 109) =35.00 at p<0.05), b) se has significant positive relation with age (r=.588), grade level(r=.740), ses (r=.419), and pd (r= 0.26), c) there was no mean variation between male and femaleparticipants in se (t (110) =1.33, p>0.05) and pd (t (110) = -0.598, p>0.05).nearly all respondents (95.5%) believed that they are socially discriminated by non-manjo peopleboth inside and outside the school compound which includes disgrace, segregation, neglect, mock,receiving negative ethnic proverbs, insult, discouragement, being called by nick name, physical abuse,harassment, and beat were found as major discriminative behaviors frequently faced. also, respondents(91%) perceive that they are socially discriminated because of being a member manjo ethnic group whichis given unjustified negative stereotypes. on the basis of findings and discussions, it is concluded thatsocial discrimination still exists in the area mainly caused by shared stereotype and prejudice. finally, onthe basis of findings and conclusions implications for future directions on alleviating the existingsituations are forwarded.