The purpose of this thesis is to assess the developmentalrnprocesses of the Amharic syllabus for the Teachers Training Institutesrn(T.T.I's). It is the purpose of this thesis to examinernwhether or not the Amharic syllabus is properly developed andrnprocessed on the basis of the Tyler Model. The thesis furtherrn~ries to determine whether the concerned head officials of thernInstitute for Curriculum Development and Research, the Departmentrnof Teacher Education and the T.T.I's Amharic instructors rrnare well aware of or/ and have a clear knowledge of the TylerrnModel. In connection with this, it attempts to clearly indicaternwhether there is any definite model that the concerned professionalsrnadhere to when developing a curriculum or/ and arnsyllabus. To achieve these objectives, the necessary data wererncollected, ana~ysed and discussed.rnInitially, for a syllabus to be well planned, developed andrnprepared, many factors have to be considered. These include therninvolvement of experienced experts, the cooperation and devotionrnof the experts and the continuous effort of the concerned professionalsrnin general. Taking this point into account, however,rnthe results of the study have sh0w~d that:rn1. There is no definite model whatsoever throughout the educationalrnsystem in general and for the designing of the T.T.I. Amharicrnsyllabus in particular.rn2. The Amharic syllabus for the T.T.I's is not properly plannedrnand developed on the basis of the Tyler Model. There has notrnbeen any change ~( improvement made on the syllabus since wasrn;:,' f 'ii Yt Q /1 r F ; t2} a { e.d I' 11 ( C; f 1-- C r=. c ) .rnrn3. Most of the Amharic instructors are not clear about the basicrn'Y1O'f.rnprinciples of the Tyler Model. This doesAmean, however,rnthat they do not have a theoretical knowledge of the model.rnThe point is that they are not clear about the guidingrnprinciples of the model.rnOn the basis of the findings, an attempt has been made tornput forward releyant recommendations towards taking deliberaternactions for the proper planning, developing and improvement of thernAmharic syllabus for the T.T.I's so that there will be a possibilityrnof producing effective primary teachers of enhancing thernteaching-~earning process of the elementary education