This research was conducted in East Wellegga Zone in selective woredas.The main purpose ofrnthis study was to assess the implementation of decentralized educational management inrnselected Werads of East Wellegga Zone and in this manner identify the strengths and weaknessesrnso as to provide alternative recommendations to the identified problems. The researchrnmethodology employed was a descriptive research method. The primary sources of data were 8rnworeda education office heads, 52 woreda education office experts, 14 secondary schoolrnprincipals and 28 parent teacher association members. Simple random sampling technique wasrnemployed to select experts, secondary school principals and parent teacher associationrnmembers, for selecting Woredas education office heads, purposive sampling technique methodrnwas used. Questionnaire was the main data gathering instrument while interview was alsornemployed. The collected data were analyzed quantitatively by using descriptive statistics, andrnqualitatively by using explanation. The study indicated that the capacity of East Wellegga Zonernselective woredas in implementing and managing decentralization education was weak becausernleaders were of appointed by their political commitment even their profession is not considered ,rnlack of the right people for the right job, high turnover of employees, shortage of adequaternfinance, lack of training for the stakeholders, shortage of skilled manpower and Lack ofrninadequate participation of stakeholders Based on these findings, the researcher recommendsrnthat necessary training should be given to local education stakeholders, recruit educationrnpersonnel competitively, enhance the participation of stakeholders in the management ofrneducation by providing some necessary incentives to them and reducing the challenges for thernmanagement of decentralized education.