Principals’ Instructional Leadership Practices in Public Secondary Schools of Ethiopia: A Study of Public Secondary Schools in Benishangul-Gumuz Regional State (BGRS)

The study was initiated to investigate about principals’ instructional leadership in public secondary schools of Benishangul-Gumuz Regional State, Ethiopia. In order to address the objective of the study, a descriptive survey method was employed. The target population of the study were 1481, participants working in 61 public secondary schools of the region. The sample size consisted of 302 teachers and 16 principals working in sixteen public secondary schools. Stratified random sampling was used to select teachers while purposive sampling techniques was used to select principals for the study. The findings indicated that, IL is not highly implemented in the public secondary schools of the studied region. All the selected three core dimensions (defining the school mission, managing instructional program and promoting positive school climate) were moderately effective in the selected public secondary schools in the region. On top of the findings, recommendations are forwarded to address the problems.