The purpose of this study was to examine the cause of conflict between teachers and principals,rnand its management strategies in government primary schools of Akaki woreda.It attempted tornidentify teachers and principalsâ€™ view on conflict and the strategic used to manage conflict. Tornattain the objective of the study, both quantitative and qualitative data were employed. Thernstudy was carried out on ten primary schools that were selected using random samplingrntechnique. The study involved 197 respondents from among teachers, principals, supervisors,rnhead of woreda education office and chairperson of woreda teacherâ€™s association.Questionnaire,rninterview, and document analysis were the instrument of data collection.The Statistical Packagernfor Social Science (SPSS) version 26 was used to analyze the data obtained by quantitativerntechniques. Specifically, descriptive statistics (frequency and percent /mean and standardrndeviation) was taken from this tool. Based on the result of analysis majority of teachers havernseen as conflict as bad and should be avoided while principals viewed conflict as good whenrnmanaged effectively. The result of the study revealed that conflict has both negative and positivernoutcome on the organization.The major causes of conflict between teachers and principals inrnprimary schoolwassituational factors, poor communication between teachers and principals,rnlack of capacity for job, decision making process by principal, lack of participatory decisionrnmaking and lack of conflict management skill of principals that contribute to creation of conflictrnin primary school. The strategies used to handle conflict in primary school were avoiding,rncompeting, compromising, accommodating, and collaborating. PTA committee were striving torncompromise, mediate and negotiate two parts by discussing on the issues, use of disciplinaryrncommittees, intervention of the school /woreda/ authority and elders in the community and