The purpose of this study was to examine the practice and problems of instructionalrnsupervision operating in government secondary schools of Hadiay zone and torndetermine whether there are differences and similarities between the two studyrngroup in perceiving supervisory leadership skills, supervisory tasks, process ofrninstructional supervision and supervisor competence in carrying out the supervisoryrnresponsibilities.rnThe study was conducted in five government secondary schools of the zone on thernbasis of purposive sampling techniques. The subjects of the study were 60rnsupervisors and 115 supervisees drawn form the sample schools. Data werernselected from sample respondents through open and closed ended questionnaire,rndocument analysis and group discussion. The questionnaire was tested in onernsecondary school and modified before distribution. Percentage and one way ANOVArnwere used for data analysis. The method employed for the study was descriptivernsurvey method.rnThe findings of the study revealed that supervisor and supervisee respondentsrnperceived the supervisory leadership skills, tasks and competency etc differently;rnand supervisor in the secondary schools of the zone were made to be involved inrnthe complex task of supervision without having any prior training. Moreover,rnaccording to the finding, there was only one classroom observation carried out in thernsemester. The supervisors further confirmed that, this single, classroom observationrnwas not carried out for the purpose of improving classroom instruction; rather forrnfinal performance appraisal purpose.rnIn general, the instructional supervision was not perceived as a helping endeavor byrnthe supervises and the program failed to attain the objective. Hence, it wasrnrecommended that creating awareness have to be a critical first step for supervisorsrnin the accomplishment of the objective of classroom observation. At the same time,rnthe classroom observation is undertaken as frequently as possible by reducing thernteaching 'load from teachers who have carried the supervisory skills and task as tornsee the progress or improvement of the teaching-learning process