Exploring The Roles and Challenges of School Leadership in Promoting Quality of Education in Addis Ketema Preparatory School, Addis Ketema Sub-City, Ethiopia

Abstract

The main objective of this study was to explore the role and challenges of school leadership in promoting quality of education in the case of Addis Ketema preparatory school. To realize this purpose, qualitative research approach and case study research design were implemented.  The researcher used primary and secondary sources of data to explore the issue. For this study, the researcher used contingent, institutional and transformational theory of leadership as theoretical framework of this study. The findings of this study indicated that the school's leadership has been improving external school environment to make it hospital to the education, teachers' supervision, staff  directing, parent teacher and student's association and, governmental and non-governmental organizations communication and integration, management process, coordination, class size and standard, teachers' evaluation, learning and teaching process of the school and school leadership skill. Since the school leadership promoting a quality of education in the school, they have been affected by both institutional and non-institutional factors in promoting quality of education at the school. The institutional factors are (1) learners' characteristics; (ii) mode of assessment;(iii) teaching and learning process; (iv)management,(v) class size, teachers' belief. The non-institutional challenges are the low level of finance; students' household socioeconomic condition and external school environment.  Therefore, in order to address these challenges, the school leadership of the study area should work together and communicate with woreda, Sub city education offices and Addis Ababa city administration education bureau through training, supervision, and in supporting each other.