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AMBO  \nMadawalabu University, Ethiopia  \nKENENISSA DABI  \nAddis Ababa University, Ethiopia  \nTAK CHEUNG CHAN  \nKennesaw State University, USA  \nABSTRACT  \nNowadays, the deterioration of education quality catches on global attention in both policy and practice. The main purpose of this study was to explore the influence ofpolitics on quality management practices in the secondary education of the Southern Nations, Nationalities, and People’s Region (SNNPR) of Ethiopia. This study utilizeda multi-case study design with a purposive sampling technique to draw data from experts from the Ministry, regional education bureau, zonal education department, and woreda education offices. To that end, 18 experts were recruited to participate in interviews. The data gathered from interviewees were analyzed using NVivo 8 version combined with thematic data analysis procedures. The study revealed that the political practices of the country have been affecting the internal administration of the education system in three areas: by nominating educational managers at different levels, by forming One-to-Five Networks at different echelons, and by offering the mandates to avoid dropout and repetition. The study concluded that politics influenced the autonomy of educational institutions and their quality management practices in secondary education. Thus, the government should revisit its practices on education and allow educators manage their educational administration and organization business.  \nINTRODUCTION  \nThe successes of quality management reforms are highly dependent on the will and commitment of the politics of a given country (Bigham & Ray, 2012; Devi, 2017; Kasuga, 2019; Levy, Cameron, Hoadley, & Naidoo, 2018) . In supporting this, Bruns and Schneider (2016) stated that education reform is “a highly charged and politicized process; what gets implemented—and its impact—depends as much or more on the politics of the reform process as the technical design of thereform”(p. 5) . Furthermore, in low-income countries withinadequate state capacity, the highest demand for knowledgeable and skillful human power comes from the state itself (Das, Biswas, & Roy, 2015; Hickey & Hossain, 2019) . Various low-income countries lack the human capital to staff atthe state level (Oketch & Rolleston, 2007; Osuji, 2011) . In this sense, the provision of education has implications for quality and its management when Harding and Stasavage (2014) stated “in an environment of weak state capacity, democracy may prompt the government to increase education access, but not educational inputs”(p. 230). In oneway or another, politics is affecting the attainment of educational goals (Ekpiken & Ifere, 2015; Hickey & Hossain, 2019) .  \nThe Ethiopian education management hierarchy follows from the top to the bottom—the federal ministry, the regional governments, the zone administrations, the woreda (district) management, and schools. The country has been engaging in Education for All (EFA), Millennium Development Goals (MDGs), and Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs) that can facilitate the  \nEducational Planning Winter 2021 35 Vol. 28, No. 1  \nEthiopian path towards Middle-Income Countries by 2030 (MoE, 2015) since the date the country adopted these international commitments. Recognizing the value of education in realizing these goals, Ethiopia has given much emphasis to the expansion of the education systems at all levels by establishing the five rolling Education Sector Development Programs (ESDPs) (Mc Cormac, 2012; Verwimp, 1999; World Bank, 2013) . Due toESDPs implementations, the number of schools, teachers, and students tremendously increased at all levels. From 2005 to 2017, secondary schools were established, 6253 teachers were recruited and 123,535 students were enrolled (MoE, 2010, 2017) . Despite such enormous expansion of education at all level","cbCaihR6ihsUX5JX","https://ap.wps.com/l/cbCaihR6ihsUX5JX","pdf",191565,"English","# Abstract\n# Introduction\n# Statement of the Problem","[{\"question\":\"What is the main purpose of the study?\",\"answer\":\"To explore how politics influences quality management practices in secondary education in Ethiopia’s SNNPR.\"},{\"question\":\"How were the data and participants selected?\",\"answer\":\"The study used a multi-case design with purposive sampling, recruiting 18 experts from the Ministry and regional, zonal, and woreda education offices for interviews.\"},{\"question\":\"Which quality management areas were affected by political practices?\",\"answer\":\"Political practices influenced internal administration by nominating educational managers at multiple levels, forming One-to-Five Networks across echelons, and providing mandates to avoid dropout and repetition.\"}]","Stakeholders’ Perception of Political Influences on Quality Management of Secondary Education in Ethiopia | PDF",1792095335,48]