The pUJpose of this study i to investigate the practices of in - service education andrntrainina that have been carried out to government second cycle primary school teachersrnin Ea tern GoJjam Zone. It also used to explore those factors that had been constrainingrnuch endeavor. To this effect, the descriptive survey method was employed.rnQuestionnaire, interview and documentary analysis were used as instruments of datarncollection. Data were collected from randomly selected thirty - six schools, ten clusterrnresource centers, jive woreda offices, Eastern Gojjam Zone Education Department andrnAmhara Regional State Education Bureau. In general, teachers, principals, supervisors,rnexperts and head of education were included as subjects of the study. The data gatheredrnthrough questionnaires was analyzed using percentage and mean sore.rnThe findings of the study revealed that the practice of designing and implementing in -rnservice training programmes based on systematic needs assessment had been low.rnTeachers had greater opportunities to involve in CPD and schools' cluster programmesrnas compared to other training programmes. The study also revealed that there was nornorganized follow-up system to know the effect of training outcomes. INSET activities hadrnbeen hindered by budget and time limitations, lack of awareness and attention inrnundertaking needs assessment, focused on occasionally arranged programes and absencernof transparency.rnTherefore, suggestions, such as developing and implementing systematic training needsrnassessment strategy,' strengthen the INSET opportunities and provide the necessaryrnbenefits,' seek for various income generating mechanisms,' applying an organized follow -rnup system,' and encouraging collaborative effort were for warded