THE RELATIONSHIP BETWEEN SCHOOL LEADERSHIP AND QUALITY OFEDUCATION IN SECONDARY SCHOOLS OF QABRIBAYAH WOREDA, SOMALI REGIONAL STATE, ETHIOPIA

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.