Abstract:
The aim of the study was to examine The Impact of School Grant on Quality of Learning
in primary schools of Silte Zone. To conduct the study descriptive survey design was
employed. In this study 465 sample participants from 891 study population were selected
by using multi-stage sampling techniques. Questionnaire, interview, Focus Group
Discussion, and school observation checklist were the main data gathering instrument for
this study to conduct and enrich the quantitative data. Out of the total 465 respondents
350(75.27%) were properly responded that in mean value (M=2.69053) and standard
deviation value (SD=1.1950744583) respectively, and the reliability coefficient at
α=0.823 and correlation is significant at the o.o5 level. the Impact of School Grant on
Quality of Learning, has low impact in terms of the contributions of School grant on the
quality of learning, the factors that adversely affecting the impact of school grant on the
quality of learning, and the extent of school principals, Woreda education office quality
assurance, Worabe Town Administration education office quality assurance, and Silte
Zone Education Bureau Managing or administrating the School grant budget at school
level for its intended purpose in primary school of Silte Zone. Finally, to improve the
impact of school grant and to assure the quality of learning at school level, the drawn
recommendations were; the schools grant budget implementers or actors and their
implementation system should be managed or administered properly by school
principals, WEO, TAEO and ZEB. Thus, it would be advisable that the utilization manual
of school grant budget contains criteria for the utilization or for the implementation
processes, and also to improve the awareness of the implementers or actors of school
grant budget at school level, the WEO and the Zone Education Bureau has to give
