W/Gerima, Haileselase (Assistant professor)Buom, Gatluak2019-03-202023-11-052019-03-202023-11-052018-06http://etd.aau.edu.et/handle/123456789/16931The purpose of this study was to identify the factors affecting education quality in secondary schools of Gambella town administration, of Gambella Region. Descriptive survey design was employed to carry-out the study which enabled the researcher to describe the present status of the problem under study. The necessary data from both primary and secondary sources were collected. The primary data for the study was collected from 80 students (45Males and 35 Females), 55 teachers (50 Males and 5 Females) and 8 (7 male and 1 female) secondary schools principals and vice principals drawn from the four sample schools as well as, 21 parents teachers association. The secondary data was collected from documents. The four secondary school was selected through purposive sampling because they are the only government secondary schools existed in the Town and stratified sampling and purposive sampling for the students and teachers. The teachers were stratified based on their departments and they were also purposively selected based on their experiences. The students were stratified based on their sections and they were also purposively selected based on their experiences. And the purposive sampling was used for PTA members and school principals because they are very concerned bodies. The instruments employed to collect data from the respondents were questionnaire, interview, FGD observation and documents analysis. The quantitative data gathered from the respondents was analyzed by using frequency and percentage, and the qualitative data was analyzed through narration. The findings of the study revealed that, the main factors that affect education quality are: poor school physical environment such as, lack of toilets, cafeteria, classrooms, Shortage of learning and teaching materials, large number of students in a class and low motivation of teachers and principals because of lack of incentives and lack of stakeholders participation. The results of the study also shows that, to improve quality education ,Provide enough teaching materials, construction of more classrooms and toilets, motivate principals and teachers by increasing their salary and incentives, participate stakeholders and provide basic and necessary in school services.enFactors Affecting Educational QualityThesis