An analytical study of governance strategies at secondary school level in Pakistan
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2011
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Abstract
This article analyzes and assesses the current status of governance strategies at secondary school
level and examines emerging trends. While we commonly accept that the purpose of schools
properly focuses on teaching and learning, the focus of control over these functions has
traditionally resided far from the school-site level of the professionals.
This study examines the way teachers and principals in a representative sample. The degree of
competition among professions is affected by the nature of institutional and occupational
differentiation and by particular cultural and historical forces in different societies. Teachers and
administrators typically adhere to divergent views of governance. Others argue that conflict
between administrators and teachers is not inevitable, and Accountability provides the school
with an opportunity to collect information about its performance and enter into a debate with its
community about the results of its exercise.
show institutional variation in the degree of conflict between the perceptions and preferences of
teachers and principals in secondary school. Governance of schools is becoming an increasingly
important issue, as educators begin to realize how crucial it is to empower the participants in any
educational process. Schools must use the knowledge, skills and experience of parents to
improve or maintain standards through PTA/SMC.. The standards of quality will be determined
by the quality of the accountability system...
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Good Governance, Corporate Governance, Decentralization, Accountability, Democratic Government, Monitoring, School Governance
Citation
Paper presented at 1st International Conference on Business Management, 5th – 6th January 2011, Lahore - Pakistan, 493-503.