The Paractices And Challenges Of school Leadership:The CaseOf Some Selected Public Secondary Schools In Nefas Silk Lafto Sub-city

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.