Federalism And Students Conflict Management In Ethiopian Higher Educational Institutions The Case Of Arba Minch University

Since recent years, conflict, particularly latent conflict is frequently emerged everywhere and atrnany time, especially in Ethiopian higher educational institutions but the ability to manage themrnis different from institution to institution. Thus, the main objective of the study is to examine therncapacity of federalism to manage conflicts between or among students in Arba Minch university.rnTo accomplish the above objective, mixed research approach, both primary and secondaryrnsources of data as well as cluster and purposive sampling techniques were employed to providernwell integrated and clarified data analysis. By doing so, the finding of the study has revealed thatrnalthough there existed amicable social interaction among students of Arba Minch university,rnsome latent conflicts such as interpersonal, interethnic and interreligious conflicts were rarelyrnraised between or among students of the institution. Some of the main causes for the emergencernof those conflicts in the university were ethnic identity and religious differences, absence ofrnstrong supervision upon the drive back students and those who have political mission, politicalrninstability of the country due to the manipulation of ethnic federalism, interregional staternconflicts and students’ conflict in other universities. In this regard, students themselves,rninstructors and administrative staffs as well as the local community were the main actors ofrnthose conflicts. In addition, compromising and accommodation methods of conflict managementrnaltogether with ADR mechanisms were employed by the institution to manage students’ conflicts.rnHere, federalism, the local community and religious leaders have played prominent roles inrnmanaging students’ conflicts on the behalf of informal mechanisms. Furthermore, thernuniversity’s cooperative work culture with the local community and religious leaders; itsrnalertness to solve various problems of students; and passionate and peace-loving culture of thernlocal community are some good practices of Arba Minch university that other universities arernexpected to learn from it in relation to students’ conflict management in a peaceful manner. Yet,rnthe study has verified that the institution should work a lot on preventing students’ conflictsrnproactively, and on the establishment of all-inclusive club/committee which conduct furtherrnstudies upon the causes of students’ conflicts and various alternative solutions in order tornmanage students’ conflicts effectively than ever before.

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