The purpose of the study was to assess the Practices, Opportunities, and Challenges of LeadingrnSchool for Change among Government Secondary schools in Addis Ababa City Administration.rnThe study employed a descriptive survey design. The study was carried out in three sub-cities, inrnsix secondary schools by using systematic random sampling technique. Questionnaire wasrndistributed for 130 teachers using simple random sampling techniques. Interview was conductedrnfor 9 Principals, and 4 sub-city education supervisors and Focus group discussion for 6 PTArnmembers were selected using purposive sampling. Both primary and secondary sources werernused. To gather the necessary data three types of data collection instruments namelyrnquestionnaire consisting of both closed and open ended items, structured interview andrndocument analysis were used. Descriptive approach such as percentage, frequency and meanrnscore were utilized to analyze the data. The qualitative data obtained through interview wasrnanalyzed. The finding revealed that the practice of leading for change not effective due torninsufficient participation of parents in their children education, low motivation of students tornlearn and to do their homework, teachers are not motivated to motivate students, irrelevantrncurriculum, and low level of parents income hinder leading schools for change. The conclusionrnindicated stakeholders are not performing their duty to lead the Schools for change as expectedrnresponsibility. Finally, based on the finding the recommendations were made in the areas ofrnschool leaders should motivated by in service training to take responsibility, school leadersrnshould change strategic plan to action, the government and school leaders should prepare inservicerntraining to motivate teachers, Government should take responsibility to hire graduates,rnmaintain plasma TV, revise teachersâ€™ salary, and stakeholders should work to enhance studentsrndisciplinary issues enhance Leading Schools for Change: Practices, Opportunities andrnChallenges Government Secondary schools in Addis Ababa City Administration.