Abstract:
The purpose of this study was to examine the Relationship between School Leadership and
Quality of Education in Secondary Schools of Qabribayah Woreda, Somali Regional State,
Ethiopia. The study employed the descriptive research design to critically evaluate the
available information triangulate the data and the populations of this study were teachers,
principals, supervisors, and parents. Simple random and available sampling techniques were
used to select respondents for the study. Questionnaires and interviews were used to obtain
quantitative and qualitative data. The collected data were analyzed using quantitative and
qualitative techniques. The quantitative data were analyzed using descriptive statistics
involving frequencies, percentages and mean to summarize data using frequency distribution
tables. Meanwhile qualitative data was organized into themes and analyzed using narratives
and information. The findings indicated that most of the teachers agreed that school
leadership responded to expressed feelings of both staff and students and communicated
directly to staff and students. The findings showed that parents and community members were
rarely involved in school activities, decision making; they were not consulted on school issues.
Meanwhile, most of the teachers reported there was a cordial relationship in schools between
students and teachers but on teaching-learning facilities and resources. The factors for low
motivation were identified as low salaries, high workload, and high teacher student ratio. The
findings indicated the challenges faced by School leaders in the quality education included
lack of enough classes to accommodate the big number of students’ enrolled lack of clean
drinking water and sanitation facilities. Other challenges cited were lack of enough resources,
both human and financial, Poor cooperation between the school and parents. The study
concluded, positive correlation coefficient indicates that as the "School Leadership" scores of
the secondary schools in Qabribayah Woreda increased, the "Quality of Education" scores
also increased and suggested that schools with higher perceived leadership quality are
associated with better educational outcomes, characterized by an enhanced quality of
education. It was recommended to solve the problem of quality of education Principals should
develop personal initiation to improve their own leadership skills formulating partnership plan
and using effective communication means to maintain partnership and the government should
motivate school leaders and teachers by paying them reasonable salaries to raise their status.
