Conflict Management in Governmental Secondary Schools: the Case of Lemi Kura Sub-City, Addis Ababa.
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2025-06
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Addis Ababa University
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The purpose of the study was to assess sources and analyze the current practice of
3 students, teachers and principals’ conflict management in Addis Ababa city
4 Administration, Lemi Kura Sub-city Governmental secondary schools. Both quantitative
5 and qualitative approaches were used to collect and analyze the data. Questionnaire,
6 interview, focused group discussion and document analysis were used to collect data from
7 155 teachers and 105 class monitor students using Yemane (1967)formula sampling
8 technique; 12 principals, 9 supervisors and 21 parent-teacher-student association were
9 selected using purposive sampling technique. The schools in Lemi Kura Sub-city
10 governmental secondary schools were also selected by using purposive sampling
11 techniques. Questionnaire was the main instrument of data collection while interview,
12 focused group discussion and document analysis were also utilized to substantiate the
13 data gained through the questionnaire. Percentage was employed to analyze the
14 quantitative data, while qualitative data which was obtained through open ended
15 questions, interview and document analysis were analyzed using narration. The finding of
16 the study show that, conflict in these schools viewed as a destructive and teachers were
17 scared of being victim out of conflicting situations. Dissatisfaction with the decisions
18 made by school principals, dissatisfaction for working on tasks, improper work load, poor
19 communication, poor collaboration and relationship between teachers and school
20 principals, lack of management skills, distorted information, unfair evaluation of teachers
21 performance, peer pressure, academic Competition, bulling and unfair resource
22 distribution were the sources of conflict in these schools. This study tells that
23 collaborative, compromising approach, mediations, negotiation, bargaining, separating
24 the school community from the problems and problem solving were the strategies used to
25 minimize conflict in the schools of study area. Overall, the researcher emphasized the
26 importance of developing and implementing proactive conflict management strategies in
27 the Sub-city governmental secondary schools to promote a culture of collaboration,
28 cooperation and civility among all members of the school community
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Conflict Management in Governmental Secondary Schools:, Governmental Secondary Schools