THE PRACTICES AND CHALLENGES OF CONFLICT MANAGEMENT IN THE CASE OF SELECTED PRIMARY SCHOOL OF GUBRE SUB-CITY

Abstract

The main purpose of the study was to assess the major challenges and practice of conflict management in the primary school of administrative of Gubre Sub-city. In order to meet the objective of the study cross-sectional survey method was employed. Simple random sampling technique was used to select two primary schools with 30 teachers 50 students and 6 parents. There are four (4) school leaders were also selected by using purposive sampling techniques. Data was collected by using questionnaires, interview and relevant documents were analyzed to support the data statistical tools like frequently and percentage was used to analyze the collected data. According to the data it was found out that poor communication were the most serious challenges of conflict management, and in adequate resources and lack of clarity in the schools. Even though promoting strategies to improve the practice of conflict management that helps teachers and the school to their best practice, the school leaders were could not play the major role to use different approaches which is appropriate with the school. In the same way changes are impossible under ordinary situation unless school leaders, teachers and students build the right conditions to promote good relationship in the school to play a well role that best advancement of teacher moral in their respective primary schools. Moreover lack of initial commitment to conflict management poor working conditions created demoralizing state of affairs within school staff. Lack of adequate chance to train the skill of conflict management was barriers that hinder the effective the practice and implementation of conflict management in their respective schools.