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ADDIS ABABA UNIVERSITY COLLEGE OF EDUCATION AND BEHAVIORAL STUDIES SCHOOL OF GRADUATE STUDIES THE PRACTICE OF MATERIALS RESOURCE MANAGEMENT IN NORTH SHEWAGENERAL SECONDARY SCHOOLS, AMHARA REGIONAL STATE: THE CASE OF MERHABETE AND ENSARO WOREDAS BY: KASSAHUN YIGEZU ADDIS ABABA JUNE, 2017 1 The Practice of Materials Resource Management in North Shewa General Secondary Schools, Amhara Regional State: The case of Merhabete and Ensaro Woredas By: Kassahun Yigezu Advisor: MelakuYimam A Thesis Submitted to the School of Graduate Studies, institute for Education and Behavioral Studies of Addis Ababa University In Partial Fulfillment of the Requirement for the Degree of Master of Arts in School Leadership Addis Ababa June,2017 2 Addis Ababa University School of Graduate Studies This is to certify that the thesis set by kassahun Yigezu entitled, the practice and problems of materials resource management in general secondary schools of Merehabete and Ensaro Woreda and submitted in partial fulfillment of the requirement of Degree of Master‟s of Arts in school leadership compiles with the regulations and standards of the University and meets accepted standards with respect to originality and quality. Approved by board of Date Signature Examiners _____________ ______________ Internal examiner _____________ _____________ _____________ Advisor _____________ _____________ _____________ External Examiner _____________ _____________ _____________ Chairperson of department ofGraduate program coordinator _____________ _____________ _____________ 3 Acknowledgments I am very much grateful to my Advisor Melaku Yimam for his continuous and unreserved professional advice from the inception of this study to its completion. Next, I would like to express my thanks to school principals, department heads, PTSA (parent teacher student association) members, administrative staff, general secondary schools supervisors and materials distributers who participated in this study for their hospitality, time and opinion without their participation and honest responses this study would have been impossible. Moreover, I wish to express my appreciation to my wife and all members of my staff for their utmost consideration in making things easier for me to carry out the study. Finally, I would like to thank all of those who helped me to shape some ideas that have gone into this study directly or indirectly. i Table of Contents Acknowledgments ........................................................................................................i Table of Tables ii List of Content............................................................................................................ v Acronyms................................................................................................................. vi Abstract.......................................................................................................................vii CHAPTER ONE .........................................................................................................1 INTRODUCTION.......................................................................................................1 1.1Background of the Study ..........................................................................................................1 1.2Statement of the Problem..........................................................................................................3 1.3. Objectives of the Study...........................................................................................................7 1.3.1. General Objective .......................................................................................................... 7 1.3.2 Specific Objective........................................................................................................... 7 1.4Significance of the Study..........................................................................................................7 1.5Delimitation of the Study..........................................................................................................8 1.6Limitation of the study..............................................................................................................9 1.7Operational Definition of key Terms........................................................................................9 1.8 Organization of the Study ......................................................................................................11 CHAPTER TWO ......................................................................................................12 REVIEW OF RELATED LITERATURE ........................................................................12 2.1 The Concept of School Material Resource ............................................................................12 2.2. Types of School Materials ....................................................................................................15 2.2.1. Instructional Materials ................................................................................................. 15 2.2.2 Recreation Materials ..................................................................................................... 16 2.2.3 Residential Materials .................................................................................................... 16 2.2.4 General-purpose Materials............................................................................................ 17 2.3 Contribution of School Materials in Students Learning ........................................................17 2.4 The Concept of School Materials Management.....................................................................20 2.5 The Main Functions of School Level Material Management ................................................21 2.5.1 Planning ........................................................................................................................ 22 ii 2.5.2 Purchasing..................................................................................................................... 23 2.5.2.1 Purchasing Procedures............................................................................................... 24 2.5.2.2 Parameters of Purchasing........................................................................................... 24 2.5.2.3 Purchasing Policy....................................................................................................... 26 2.5.3 School Materials Resource Allocation.......................................................................... 27 2.5.4 Distribution of School Materials................................................................................... 27 2.5.5 Warehousing/Storekeeping School Materials............................................................... 28 2.5.6 Maintenance of School Materials ................................................................................. 29 2.5.7 Obsolete and Surplus Management............................................................................... 29 2.5.8 Disposition.................................................................................................................... 29 2.6 Utilization of School Material Resources .............................................................................30 2.7 Challenges of School Materials Management........................................................................31 2.8 Material Management Policies and Guidelines......................................................................32 CHAPTER THREE ...................................................................................................35 RESEARCH DESIGN AND METHODOLOGY...............................................................35 3.1 Research Design.....................................................................................................................35 3.2. Source of Data.......................................................................................................................35 3.3 Sample Size and Sampling Techniques .................................................................................36 3.4. Instrument of Data Collection...............................................................................................37 3.4.1 Questionnaire ................................................................................................................ 37 3.4.2 Interviews...................................................................................................................... 38 3.4.3. Observation.................................................................................................................. 38 3.5 Procedures of Data collection ................................................................................................38 3.6 Method of Data Analysis .......................................................................................................40 3.7 Ethical Consideration in Data Collection...............................................................................41 CHAPTER FOUR .....................................................................................................43 PRESENTATION, ANALYSIS AND INTERPRETATION OF THE DATA ...........................43 4.1. Characteristics of the Respondents....................................................................................43 4.2. Analysis of Data....................................................................................................................45