Abstract            Volume:8  Issue-1  Year-2020         Original Research Articles

Online ISSN : 2347 - 3215 Issues : 12 per year Publisher : Excellent Publishers Email : editorijcret@gmail.com

The objective of the study was to examine impediments that hinder student- centered teaching method in Wolaita language  classroom in Humbo Tebela secondary schools. The participants of the study was 10 purposively selected teachers and students from Tebela secondary schools. Observation and interview were used as instruments to gather information from the research participants. Qualitative data  analysis  were used to make conclusions. Thus, the findings of the study proved that no sufficient seats, chairs, desks  and tables in the classroom and there are no sufficient spaces for the teachers to move easily in the classroom. The classroom is  also not neat and suitable to teach and learn in it. Furthermore, the study shows that the classroom is too crowded and difficult to manage students. Thus, it was recommended that teachers should motivate the students to perform various activities in the classroom and they should also advise the students to be alert in time management. The stake holders like school principals and district education office officials should work to establish a conducive school and classroom environment so as to ensure student -centered teaching approach.

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