The purpose of this study was to survey the current practices in the reductiollrnof gender disparity in primary education enrolment in Oromia Regional s tare.rnIn undertaking the study descnptive survey method was used. Two Zonesrn(Guji and N011h Showa) from the region were fi r·st identified using purposi!'"rnsampling method because they are p resumed to have either wide genderrndisparities or lowest enrolment rate in girl's education .In order to find out Uwrncauses for the presumed gender gaps 16 primary schools were selectedrnrandomly from eight woredas of these z ones. Questionnaire, both st.ucturearnand unstructured interview, focus-group discussion and document analysisrnwere employed for data col/ection. The data were analyzed using percentage,rngender parity index and weighted mean. Fw1her, Spearman's Rank Orde'·rnCorrelation Coefficient and T- test were used to test the significance of thernresponses. The study revealed that in both zones there is an increase inrnenrolment in boys and girls. But the gender imbalance remains a proble1)