Educational Material Resource Management Practice And Challenges In Secondary Schools Of Sheka Zone

Abstract

The purpose of the study was to investigate Educational Material Resource Management Practice and Challenges in Secondary Schools of Sheka Zone. It was concerned with practices and challenges of material resource management activities, challenges faced for its effectiveness and implementation of policies and guidelines. To attain the stated objective of the study, descriptive survey design was used. Both quantitative and qualitative (mixed) method (approaches) was employed in this research. This method helps to obtain firsthand information from multiple sources. 3 Sample schools were selected by stratified sampling method. 120 Respondents of teachers were selected by drawing simple random sampling technique from 281 and 36 respondents were selected by purposive sampling due to their direct relation with the issue under study and hence to gain sufficient information. Six groups of respondents participated in the study. These were school leaders, school support staff, teachers, students, and Wereda education experts and PTSA leaders. The data was collected through questionnaire, interviews and document analysis. Data gathered through questionnaire were quantitatively analyzed using SPSS version 20 percentage, and mean values. Moreover, the data gathered through interview, open ended questions, and relevant document analysis were qualitatively analyzed. Having gone through these all the study found out that material management functions were not effectively implemented to facilitate teaching learning process. Participation of stake holders in material management function process was not run adequately. There was also lack of continuous supervision in the area of material resource management. Based on these findings, some recommendations were forwarded. Capacitating teachers, school support staff and school principals through training may assist users in putting these materials in. To develop positive attitude towards the management of educational materials, school managements may work closely with teachers, school support staff, and PSTA and wereda education experts. Wereda education office and the school set experience sharing schedule for teachers and school support staff to learn a good lesson from best practices in material management functions in particular.