Challenges of Principals’ Leadership Practices in Secondary Schools of Kembata Tembaro Zon In SNNPR
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2019-06
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Addis Ababa University
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The purpose of this study was to assess Challenges of Principals’ Leadership Practices in Governmental Secondary Schools of Kambata Tembaro Zone. To achieve this purpose the study employed descriptive survey research design. Study used both qualitative and quantitative approach through collecting and analyzing data. For the study 7 secondary and preparatory schools were included through simple random sampling techniques. From these sample, 4 supervisors from cluster schools and 4 Woreda education officer quality assurancehead experts from woreda education office were selected by using availability sampling, while 120 teachers were selected by using stratified sampling and 14 principals were selected by using simple random sampling techniques. Questionnaires were used as main tool of data collection. Interview was used to substantiate the data gathered through questionnaires. Document analysis was also part of data collection for the study. Data were analyzed using statistics such as frequency, percentage, mean, standard deviation, and independent t-test while content analysis approach was used to analyze qualitative data. The result of the study indicated that the teacher and principals respondents have the same views. Challenges which faces the leadership practices of secondary school principal in Kambata Tembaro Zone such as heavy work load to perform instructional activities, lack of enough instructional materials, lack of technology leadership practices, interference of political case and superintendents for decision making, challenges of administrative obstacles and shortage of time due to unwanted meeting call from woreda administrative body, lack of community support for education, lack of enough budget allocation. Finally, to minimize the challenges listed in above related to challenges of leadership practices, it is recommended that the woreda education office in collaboration with the zonal education department has employed administrative workers at each level of vacancy to reduce work over load of principals, giving training in technology leadership, avoid interference of political case and superintendents for decision making in the school, avoid unwanted meeting call from woreda education office, allocate sufficient budgets for education sector and motivate and create awareness community participation in education area were suggested.
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