Decentralisation of Primary Education Service Delivery to the District: A Comparative Study between Somali Region and South Nation, Nationalities & People Region (SNNPR), Ethiopia

Primary education service in Somali Region was performing worse than primary education service in SNNPR. To identify the major reasons of having this poor performance of primary education service in Somali Region, this study compares primary education service of Somali Region with primary education service in SNNPR. There were differences and similarities between the two Regions on how primary education service is delivered at the local level. In both regions government plays a dominant role in the process of delivering primary education service at the district level. However, due to capacity at the lower level of the Government and community participation, primary education service in SNNPR outperforms primary education service in Somali Region. Therefore, this paper argues that primary education service in Somali Region performs worse than primary education service in SNNPR due to lack of capacity at lower level, in-efficiency of service delivery and lack of commitment by the concerned bodies of primary education service in the Region.