IMPLEMENTATION AND CHALLENGES OF EDUCATIONAL PROJECTS IN NON-GOVERNMENTAL ORGANIZATIONS :THE CASE OF SOME SECONDARY SCHOOLS OF WEST HARARGHE ZONE

Abstract

The purpose of this study is to investigate the implementation and challenges of educational projects in nongovernmental organizations in some secondary schools of West Hararghe Zone, Oromia Regional State. Data were collected from the secondary schools in the West Haraghe Zone, Oromia Regional State. Following a review of the literatures related to the problem under study, questionnaire was developed, pilot tested, modified and distributed to 9 NGO employees, 3 principals, 3 supervisors,18 teachers 4 education bureau heads and 4 education bureau project focal persons in West Haraghe Zone. Finally, all the respondents filled in and returned the questionnaire properly. This research employed available sampling technique for acquisition of quantitative data and to substantiate quantitative data nine NGO employees were included using purposive sampling technique. The data were analyzed using SPSS and interpreted in percentage, mean and standard deviations. The findings of this study revealed that: a large majority of subjects confirmed encounter challenges such as scarce finance, inadequate baseline data, and deficiency of expertise to monitor and evaluate projects effectively, They adopted such mechanisms as introducing participatory implementation, relocating budget for implementation and abstaining from working in areas located far away from their head offices to mitigate the challenge. The study recommends that NGOs trains their stakeholders on educational project implementation and method that are suitable for their beneficiaries. Woreda education office and Zone education office should give constructive feed back to NGOs, identify alternatives of educational project implementation plan in some selected secondary schools of West Hararghe Zone.