The Role Of Administrative Skills Of School Leadership For Enhancing Quality Education In Ethiopia: Comparative Study

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Mulatu Dea Lerra

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The objective of this study was to explore the role of administrative skills of school leadership for enhancing quality education in Ethiopia, comparative study among two regional states. Mixed method was used as the research design through concurrent strategy. The study population comprised of those schools found in two regional states. 36 schools from 10 Woredas were selected purposively, where five Woredas’ were involved from each region. A total of 470 survey participants were selected for quantitative analysis. Besides, 36 Head school principals and 10 supervisors for qualitative section were selected via random and purposive sampling technique respectively. Moreover, descriptive and inferential statistics such as: mean comparison, correlation, t-test, principal component analysis (PCA), KMO, Bartlett’s Test of Sphercity (Chi-Square) and factor loading were used for analysis. The finding reveals that the leadership administrative skills to communicate instruction goals, to coordinate and monitor academic programs as well as to provide feedback to fill gaps, mobilizing school community for better results were not favorably rated. It can infer that such leadership competencies were missing in sampled rural primary schools of both regional states. Leadership and management development program, professionalizing recruitment, leadership nomination modality, forwarded as policy implications to both regional states to bring quality leadership and quality education.

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