Implementation of Decentralization Educational Management in East Wellegga Zone in Selective Woredas

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2014-06

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Addis Ababa University

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This research was conducted in East Wellegga Zone in selective woredas.The main purpose of this study was to assess the implementation of decentralized educational management in selected Werads of East Wellegga Zone and in this manner identify the strengths and weaknesses so as to provide alternative recommendations to the identified problems. The research methodology employed was a descriptive research method. The primary sources of data were 8 woreda education office heads, 52 woreda education office experts, 14 secondary school principals and 28 parent teacher association members. Simple random sampling technique was employed to select experts, secondary school principals and parent teacher association members, for selecting Woredas education office heads, purposive sampling technique method was used. Questionnaire was the main data gathering instrument while interview was also employed. The collected data were analyzed quantitatively by using descriptive statistics, and qualitatively by using explanation. The study indicated that the capacity of East Wellegga Zone selective woredas in implementing and managing decentralization education was weak because leaders were of appointed by their political commitment even their profession is not considered , lack of the right people for the right job, high turnover of employees, shortage of adequate finance, lack of training for the stakeholders, shortage of skilled manpower and Lack of inadequate participation of stakeholders Based on these findings, the researcher recommends that necessary training should be given to local education stakeholders, recruit education personnel competitively, enhance the participation of stakeholders in the management of education by providing some necessary incentives to them and reducing the challenges for the management of decentralized education.

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Implimentation of Decentralization Educational Management

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