Abstract:
The purpose of the study was to investigate the Practices and Challenges of School
Leadership in the Case of Some Selected public Secondary Schools in Nefas Silk Lafto Subcity. The study employed a descriptive survey design that involves the use of both qualitative
and quantitative approaches in data gathering and analysis. Data was gathered from both
primary and secondary sources. The primary data gathered through both open and close
ended questionnaire and structured interview while secondary sources gathered from written
documents to have some background information about the issues. The schools were selected
by using random sampling method. Primary sources were taken from 150 teachers, 3 main
principals, 1 vice-principal and 10 supervisors from N/S/L/C supervision office. Simple
random sampling technique was employed to select teachers from 3(three) public secondary
schools, while principals and supervisors were selected purposefully. The investigator has
taken Nefas Silk Lafto Sub City as a study area, under N/L/S/C there are nine public
secondary schools but out of these nine the researcher was selected three schools by using
random sampling method. The quantitative data were edited, organized, tabulated and then
analyzed using five rating scales and mean. The major findings of this study were school
principals are leading moral purpose on average, the principal s in the study are relatively
good in their leadership in terms of promoting improved teaching, in leading strategic
change and their capacity to lead as a practices of school leaders and challenges related to
qualification of principals ,absences of trainings and experience of principals, potential and
knowledge of school leadership and management, lack of in service training and teachers
development program and the like challenges of school leadership. Depending on the results
of the study and the review of related literature, the following recommendations are put
forward. There should be in service training opportunity at the sub-city, Woreda and school
levels. The sub-city education office needs to ensure the availability of required resources for
the secondary schools such as strong mechanisms should be devised to involve the community
in supporting schools. Innovative income generation mechanisms could also be designed.
