Stra Tegic Planning in Woreda Education Offices in Central Zone of Tigray
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2011-04
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Addis Ababa University
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The lIIain purpose oj" Ihe sludy I!'CIS 10 assess Ihe praclice of slralegic planning in Iroreda
educalion offices ill cemral zolle oj" Tigray lI'ilh Ihe imenl oj"suggesling II'ClYS fin' iIJlprOl'illg il.
Accordingly. 10 (//7Slrer Ihe basic research queslions in relOlion 10 Ille lII aglli/l /(le o/slakellOlders'
involvemenl, cOlllpollems o/slralegic plan adequacy and ulilizalion of resources, compelence of
WEO heads for ~[/eclive preparalion, illlplemenlalion and lIIoniloring and evalua/ion of
educalional slralegic plans, sySlem of mOl7iloring and evalualion, and lIIajor di/ficul!ies
encoumered in preparing and ill7ple ll7eming slralegic planning IFere soughl in Ihe course of!lw
sludy. The research lIIelhod elllplo) wi was a descriplive survey, avai/obiIiIY, slrmijied and simple
random sampling were used 10 selecl sample of the respondents. The data included 66 staff
members of WEO, 30 principals of preparatory, secondary and full elementw), schools and 40
head departmems 0/ preparatolY and' secondwy schools. Questionnaires. interviews and
document analysis lI'ere used as daw gCllhering tools. The dClla were analyzed using percentage,
lIIean. chi-square.KolmogllrOl'-SlIIilllov one-solllple lesl fIIul 1-1<'.1'1 The fi nding oj" Ihe sludy
revealed that Ihe practices 0/ slralegic planning and IForeda educalion in Tigray has been
characterized by weak stakeholders' involvement in the strategic planning aClirilies, inadequale
budget and poor U1iliza/ion of resources, lack of integration of componenlS 0/ slrategic plans,
lack of COll1pelence of WEO heads /() illlplel77cnl the slrmegies, inadequacy oj" moniloring and
evalualion syslem Irere Ihe major problems Ihal affecl the succes.liul illlplelllenlation o/Ihe
educational strategic plans in the sample IFo redas of the region. Based on Ihe major findings
conclusions were drawn as; meaningful participation of stakeholders, relevant planners'
knowledge and/or experience were fo und 10 be weak and Ihere was an adequacy 0/ plan
IJlOniloring and emlucllion syslelll in Ihe selecled woredas. Finally, recomlllendalions were
accordingly recollllllended Thus. increasing slakeholders' parlicipalion, enhancillg sOlll'ces oj"
resources. imegraling Ihe componellls o/s/r(lIegic plans, providing suslainable capacily building
lrainingsfor WEO heads, creating an independenl body for planll7oniloring and evalualion, Ihe
needforfurther research works were SOllie oflhe 1110S1 imporlal1f remedies Ihm need 10 be ICIken
so as 10 aile viOle Ihe exisling sillfaliol7s.
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Stra Tegic Planning in Woreda Education Offices