| Abstract: | The purpose of this study is to assess the instructional material management at five Teacher Training
colleges in Amhara region. Instructional material management is the process of planning, purchasing, distributing,
storage process, and inventory control and disposal management of tools that are needed in teaching and learning
process to bring about quality of Education.
To find solution of the study, the basic research question to be answered are the extent to what
instructional materials management functions are implemented efficiently and effectively, how Teacher Training
Colleges utilize the existing instructional materials to meet their objectives, and what are the problems related to
instructional materials management and utilization in the colleges.
To answer these questions both quantitative and qualitative data were collected through questionnaire and
interview. A sample of 165 instructors, Department heads, Lab technicians and Librarians (academic staff) , 20
Procurement, Finance and Property administration support process owners, Procurement officers and Property
administration officers (supportive staff) and 15 Deans and Vice deans (supportive staff) totally 200 samples are
taken from 500 academic staffs and 35 supportive staffs.
The data were analyzed with percentage. The result reveals that procurement of instructional materials is
not critically planned by the appropriate users. Procurement is not made as per the specification prepared for it and
also instructional materials that are purchased are not checked to assure whether it is procured as per the
specification or not. Physical inventory and disposal of unused instructional materials are not made at all in Teacher
Training Colleges. Besides, the majority of the respondents reveal that the involvement of users in need assessment
of instructional materials to be purchased is low. Moreover, the main problems of Teacher Training colleges
regarding instructional materials management is absence of material management guide line and lack of training.
Finally, to improve instructional materials management it is suggested that: 1) there should be instructional
materials administration guide line in the colleges and training should be given to academic and supportive staff 2)
users of instructional materials have to involve in preparation of procurement plan and participate in preparing and
checking the specification of instructional materials 3) there should be adequate store in the colleges to protect and
keep safe instructional materials 4) physical inventory and disposing of unused materials should be made in the
colleges 5) codification and registration of instructional materials purchased and distributed should be made in the
colleges. |
