Shibeshi, Ayalew(Associate professor)Tegbaru, Gonie2018-08-082023-11-052018-08-082023-11-051998-06http://etd.aau.edu.et/handle/123456789/11344The primary concern of this study was to examine teacher-principal conflicts in secondary schools of the Amhara Regional State. The study also aimed to discover the views of teachers and principals concerning the nature of conflict, major causes and types of conflict, and ways of conflict management. To this end, descriptive survey method was employed, and the effects of personal attributes were treated. The study was conducted in 8 secondary schools selected from the region using random sampling. The subjects of the study were 200 respondents (I84 teachers and 16 principals) and 33 interviewees. Information was solicited from the subjects through a survey questionnaire and interview; besides examining documents. Various statistical tools such as, frequency distribution, percentage, mean, standard deviation, t-test, coefficient correlation, one way ANOVA and rank order were used to analyze the data. The findings of the study revealed that there was a wider gap between the number of females and males in secondary schools staff Conflict is dynamic in nature and has both positive and negative outcomes. The prevalence of conflict was in the form of personal (intra personal and interpersonal) and group (intragroup and intergroup) types due to major causes and specific factors. Among the major causes the practice of the new teachers performance evaluation ::,ystem and career development plan were crucial. There were also differences among types of conflicts in their degrees of occurrences. The mechanisms that were used to control and minimize conflicts were avoiding, accommodating, competing, compromising and collaborating. There were a positive relationships between major causes and types, and mechanisms and types of conflicts under study.enA Study on Tracher-Principal Conflictsin Amhara Regional StateThesis