Situational Leadership Practices and Challenges in Secondary Schools of Degem Woreda.
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2023-06
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Addis Ababa University
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The main purpose of the study was to assessing situational leadership practices and challenges
of secondary school in Degem Woreda North Shewa Zone. To this effect, a mixed method was
employed. Questionnaire interview and document analysis were used as data gathering tools.
The data was gathered from 70 teachers, 2 school principals, 3 vice principals and one
supervisor of the sample secondary schools were included using available sampling technique.
The collected quantitative data were analyzed by mean, frequency, percentage and standard
deviation analysis methods and the qualitative data were analyzed by using thematic analysis
method. The findings of the study indicated that school principals were not good situational
school leadership practices in secondary schools of the Degem Woreda like participate all
stakeholders in decision making, consider interpersonal skill /group readiness of teachers,
educational back ground of principals, and lack of finance and infrastructure to training
teachers and to improve interpersonal skills were some of the main findings. As a result the
following recommendations were forwarded. Woreda education office should provide
appropriate support for school leader ship like short term training provision to obtain the
knowledge and skill of decision making and problem solving and educational policy. In addition
the criteria for selecting leaders for principal keeping the directives set by MoE and
collaboration between the school committee and the local community, parent, NGO, Donors to
generate additional income to cover some expenses not covered by the regular budget are
recommended by researcher.
Key words: situational leadership practices, and challenges.
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situational leadership practices, and challenges.