Abstract:
The purpose of the study was to analyze female teachers’ attitude toward school leadership
position and major factors that affecting their attitude in North Shewa Zone Secondary
Schools, Oromia Regional State. To conduct this study, descriptive research design was
employed. The participants of this study were 108 female teachers selected by using
random sampling techniques from sampled schools. Three secondary school principals,
three vice principals, four department heads, three secondary school supervisors, and one
zone education office supervisor were involved in the study. The data were collected by
using questionnaire, interview and document reviews. Both quantitative and qualitative
data analysis were employed in order to reach at results. The findings of the study revealed
that female teachers attitude toward secondary school leadership position tend to be
relatively positive in holding lower leader ship position but negative at the top leadership
position. In addition, major finding of the study revealed that, female teachers do not have
plan to be school leadership position.
The major factors that affect female teachers’ attitude toward school leadership position at
NSHZ were recruitment and hiring practice do not attract females, females are reluctant to
accept responsibility of school leadership position and lack of confidence in their
capabilities, qualification and experience at leadership position. Zone and woreda
education offices have no allocation of financial resources for continuous capacity
building training to change attitude of female teachers toward secondary school leadership
position. Lack of model female teachers on secondary school leadership position negatively
affected female teachers’ attitude toward secondary school leadership position in NSHZ.
Continuous awareness creation should be offered to female teachers to change their
attitude toward school leadership position, this should be done by school leader, woreda
and zone educational offices.
