Abstract:
The main objective of this study was to assess school material resources management and
utilization in Jimma Zone Secondary Schools. In order to meet the objective of the study,
descriptive research design was employed, because it helps the researcher to describe the
existing conditions and make inference related to this study. Thus, this study was conducted
through a mixed research method because such method ignores the weakness of studying the
problem through either quantitative or qualitative method alone, and provides more
comprehensive and convenient evidence for the study. The procedure of this study was carried out
through concurrent triangulation mixed method. The site of the population for this study was
limited to Jimma zone woreda secondary schools, Shabe Sombo woreda ,Seka ,Dedo ,woreda ,
Kersa woreda , and Mancho woreda . As the finding of this study revealed that , the major
problems that found challenge for material management system are ; lack of uniformity of
educational material resources management, low awareness about material management
functions and there integrated relation between each activities. Moreover lack of continuous
supervision and controlling system from outside and inside the schools were infective .The
researcher recommended that the school communities has to give due attention for the utilization
of school material resources , the committee has to assigned based on the experience they have
and recruited on their knowledge of purchasing of school education resource.
