The purpose of this study was to assess Conflict Management Practices in Government Secondary Schools inrnLimmu Woreda of East Wollega Zone. In order to attain the objective of the study, a descriptive surveyrndesign was materialized. A descriptive survey design is preferred for this study as it is the most ideal forrngathering original data for purposes of describing certain perceptions, opinions, attitudes, relationships andrnorientations. Data were gathered from 103 respondents (i.e. 83 teachers, 12 administrative staffs andrnsupervisors, 4 parent student teacher associations and 4 kebele training board). Questionnaires and interviewrnwere the instruments used for data collection. The quantitative data obtained using the survey questionnairernwas processed using SPSS Version -20. The qualitative data obtained through interview was analyzed byrncategorizing thematically and interpreted qualitatively by integrating with the quantitative data. Therncomputed data affirmed that discrimination problems ranked as the first major source of conflict in thernschools. Disciplinary problems, unfairly treatment of individuals and Administrative incompetence of Headrnteacher were rated as the second, third and fourth conflict generating factors in the study area. The finding ofrnthe study further showed that some of the respondents perceive conflict as bad, negative and destructive thatrnmust be avoided rather than managing conflict for benefit, but majority of respondents said that if effectivelyrnand positively managed, conflict is useful and not always bad. Integrating and Collaboration were rankedrnas the first & the second prominently used conflict management styles in the schools under studyrnrespectively. In contrast, compromising, dominating and withdrawing were reported as the third, fourth andrnfifth conflict management styles consecutively. Educational leaders could have the opportunity to applyrndifferent conflict resolution strategies. Besides, they might know that conflict is the basis of organizationalrnchange and development. On the contrary, some of sample respondents feel that conflict is avoidable andrnhence, they view it as bad, negative and destructive; despite the fact that considering it as positive indicatorrnof innovations and development. The study showed that. Conflicts have both positive and negative outcomes.rnThe negative outcomes include: create distrust, destroy morale, psychological exertion, decreasernproductivity, produce irresponsible behaviors, deepen differences, hinder cooperative actions, jobrndissatisfaction, lost academic hours and create turnover respectively. Whereas respondents opinion result ofrnpositive consequence were increase involvement, improve problem solving quality, initiate growth, increasernproductivity and provide more spontaneity in communication. Therefore, it is recommended that seminars,rntraining should be organized for members of school community on communication aspects and conflictrnresolution