The Implementation of the E-School Project Management System in Government Primary Schools of Addis Ababa City Administration
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2025-03
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Addis Ababa University
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Educational projects are of great interests to the Stakeholders, government and the beneficiaries. Among other projects, technology based projects are among the highly funded projects by the government and others. This study sought to investigate the implementation of the e-school project management system in government primary schools of Addis Ababa city administration. 254 schools were having been under e-school project. The study adopted a mixed-method research design specifically convergent design method with a target population of 254 schools. From these schools, principals and ICT professionals (227) were selected by stratified sampling technique, to select Education bureau level; Information System division employees (6), Sub city data management team leaders (11) purposive sampling method and total of 244/569 were selected. Questionnaire and document analysis were used to collect primary was used and secondary data from the target population. The study found out that existing planning practices of e-school, stakeholder involvement, schedule management and monitoring and Evaluation had significant influence on the implementation of the e-school project management system. The study concluded that existing planning practices of e-school, challenges of the implementation of e-school, monitoring and evaluation; project stakeholders impact in the implementation of the e-school project management system. The findings also established an e-school project not being implemented according to the set timelines, budget provision, and quality. Consequently, the study recommended that the implementation agency should ensure proper mechanism for project planning, consultative forums for stakeholder involvement, well laid out implementation and clear structures for monitoring and evaluation are in place for effective implementation.
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Educational projects