Leadership effectiveness of general secondary school principals in west wollega zone, oromia regional state of ethiopia

Abstract

The key to create the Efficiency of school leadership system is an answer to the question what really Effective School Leadership. The purpose of this study was to assess the current status of Leadership Effectiveness in General Secondary School Principals of West Wollega Zone. To accomplish this objective of the study a descriptive survey research design was employed. Questionnaires, interviewees and document analysis were used as data gathering tools. The combination of random and census sampling method were used to include sample respondents. Data were collected from eight secondary schools including 8 principals, 6 secondary schools supervisors, 117 secondary school teachers and a total of 131 respondents were involved as respondents of the study. The data collected through the questionnaires analyzed by using percentage, mean, standard deviation and t-test. The data collected through semi-structured interview, focus group discussions and document analysis were organized according to theme identified from the research questions and analyzed qualitatively to triangulate the quantitative data. The findings of the study revealed that the principals were not in good position to set and communicate a clear school mission as expected. In addition, there were lack of facilities, and training and professional development opportunities for principals and teachers in the study area. Moreover there was lack of regular communication between teachers and parents. Based on the findings, it was recommended that principals should set and communicate a clear school mission. The school principals and woreda education office shall identify the needs of training and professional development of their teachers and submit to Oromia Regional Education Bureau (REB) for facilitating of such opportunities. Furthermore principals should maximize work relationship with community at large. Finally, the school principals, woreda educational office and Oromia regional education Bureau should work together to solve the problem of inadequate facilities, financial and supply delivery problems.