The main purpose of this study is to assess the management of disciplinary problems of students of selected government and privately-owned schools in Arada Sub-city. A case study research design was used to achieve the purpose of the study. The primary sources of the study were interview, focus group discussion and reviewing school specific code of conducts. A total of 20 interviewees from teachers and school principals, 5 from each school were participated and four FGDs, one for each school were undertaken. Data collected using these instruments were analyzed using thematic analysis that is used to analyze qualitativerndata. As per the finding of the research types of disciplinary problems in both types of schools are outlined as disrespecting teachers. In fact the finding of the research revealed many types of disciplinary problems but the above was the dominant one. The causes of most types of disciplinary problems reveled by the research participants are, family and unregulated media use. As a result of these, the problem of indiscipline seems only in school compound but it goes beyond school and affect a family, community, society and a nation at larger. Most of the participants especially, the government schools agreed on the need of ethical/ moral education in the education curriculum and all were agreed on the need of a collaboration effort made by family, school and government/community to better manage disciplinary problems of students.rnKeywords: Disciplinary problems, the need of moral education, Management of disciplinary problems, Discipline, Assessment of disciplinary problems, what should be done for disciplinary problems.