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Received: 20 November 2025

Accepted: 3 March 2026

First Online: 13 March 2026

Declarations

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: The objectives and tools of data collection were approved by the Ethical clearance approval committee of Institute of Education and Behavioural Sciences at Dilla University, Ethiopia. The ethical protocol was approved by the Institute of Education and Behvaioural Sciences Ethics Committee with Code no: DU/IBES/7–8/2024 at Dilla University, Ethiopia. Besides, all participants gave consent and assent to participate in the study.

: The study obtained voluntary agreement from research participants as the result of providing them with comprehensive information about the study’s objectives, procedures, risks, benefits and their right to withdraw any time. The whole research participants gave their c onsent to participate in the study.

: Not applicable.

: Informed consent was obtained from the research participants including children and their parents as well as guardians to participate in the study.

: The authors declare no competing interests.