The purpose of this study was to find out the indigenous number and number sense of people in Kafa and to explore its level of integration to school curriculum. To this end, the study followed a qualitative research method which utilized ethnographic case study (embedded) design. Data were collected from 22 key participants through interview, observation, and focus group discussion. In addition, content analysis was used to investigate the level of integration of number and number sense to school curriculum. Accordingly, the study found that base six (maqoo) and base sixty (uddoo) counting systems, fractions and measurement related mathematical systems are found embedded in Kafa agricultural setting. The study further found that indigenous number and number sense of Kafa people were partially integrated in school curriculum. The implication of the finding is that there is a need to improve the existing school curriculum in a way it covers indigenous number and number sense of the people in Kafa.

The purpose of this study was to assess the contribution of high school achievements and college entrance examination score on college performance of pre-service teachers. To achieve this, the study utilized quantitative correlational research design. Data was collected from 205 pre-service teachers' secondary documents and was analyzed using both descriptive and inferential statistics. Thus; as a result, the study found that college entrance examination and high school transcript were the significant predictors of college level performance and the inclusion of college entrance examination to the admission criteria raised the predictive power of the selection criteria significantly. The study also found that college entrance examination and high school transcript were the most significant predictors for both program college preservice teachers' performance. Thus; this study recommends further research to explore unexplained contributors to college level performance of pre-service teachers.