Management of Educational Budget in Public Secondary Schools of Hababo Guduru Woreda of Oromia Regional State
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2017-06
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Addis Ababa University
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The major purpose of the study was to assess and examine budget management of government secondary and preparatory schools in Hababo Guduru Woreda. The budget management of public secondary schools of Hababo Guduru Woreda faced a number of challenges in the past few years. Descriptive survey method of research was employed in this study. Both quantitative and qualitative data were used in order to answer the research questions. Questionnaire, interview, and documents were used as data collection instruments. The collected data were analyzed by using frequency and percentage. As source of primary data for this study, the researcher selected twelve principals, nine accountants, seven treasurers, thirty five department heads, five education office supervision groups, thirty PTSA members, one School Supervisor, one Woreda Education Office Head and one Woreda Finance Office Head and one Finance Budget and Plan Expert. The findings of the study revealed that most respondents were aware of the existence of budget management problems in the schools. The sampling technique used to select the participants is simple random sampling method.The major problems acknowledged by the participants of the study were weak internal income generation, Lack of adequate budget to implement annual plan, low stakeholder’s participation in school tasks and budget preparation, extended delay of both internal and external auditing activities, lack of school based budgeting experiences, lack of adequate budget, lack of necessary staffs for finance work, improper monitoring and financial evaluation, lack of structure guide-line and procedure , scarcity of budget and improper purchasing and expenditures not supported by proper decision and also lack of legal receipts to collect the schools’ funds. Overall, the above problems affected not only the effectiveness and efficiency of financial management of the schools but also the whole process of educational activities. Taking the above results in to consideration, it is recommended that all concerned bodies, such as the Oromia Regional Education Bureau, Woreda Education Office and Woreda Finance Office being together should prepare enough work-shop and training for the school personnel and for the concerned bodies in the field of budget management. Moreover, it can be encouraged to release the allocated schools budget on time, intensifying internal and external auditing in order to reduce the problems of budget management in the government secondary schools.
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Management of Educational Budget in Public