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29 Pages : 427-440

http://dx.doi.org/10.31703/gssr.2018(III-IV).29      10.31703/gssr.2018(III-IV).29      Published : Dec 2018

Studying the Operational Management Strategies for Promoting Quality of Secondary Education

    This study examined the operational management strategies for promoting the quality of education at the secondary level in Punjab Province. The secondary school heads, teachers and students were subjects of the study. It used three questionnaires developed for them respectively. The findings suggest that the head teacher perceived his role as an operation manager. These role dimensions indicate that the head teacher acts as an educational manager by using operational management strategies deliver professional support to teachers by; solving the school-based problems of their teachers, promoting a culture of discipline in the school, conducting a performance evaluation of school staff and checking lesson plans regularly, consulting teachers in academic decisions, holding periodic meetings of teachers regarding coverage of syllabus and maintaining conducive to the working environment in their schools.

    Operational Management, Quality Education, Strategies, Administration, Secondary Education.
    (1) Muhammad Ismail Durrani
    PhD Scholar, Department of Educational Training, The Islamia University of Bahawalpur, Punjab, Pakistan.
    (2) Irshad Hussain
    Professor (Chairman), Department of Education, The Islamia University of Bahawalpur, Punjab, Pakistan.
    (3) Muhammad Ali Rasheed
    PhD Scholar,Department of Educational Training, The Islamia University of Bahawalpur, Punjab, Pakistan.

27 Pages : 472-481

http://dx.doi.org/10.31703/gssr.2018(III-II).27      10.31703/gssr.2018(III-II).27      Published : Jun 2018

Explore the Role of Educational Heads Regarding Secondary Schools: Perspective of Problems, Difficulties and Issues

    Explore the Role of Educational Heads Regarding Secondary Schools: Perspective of Problems, Difficulties and Issues Syed Shafqat Ali Shah* Waqar Un Nisa Faizi† Abdul Majeed Khan‡ Education is a positive endeavor and a financial expenditure; generally considered to be a kind of training for life. The key objectives were (a) to examine the administrative problems of secondary school heads (b) to compare the problems of the secondary schools in the rural and the urban areas. The study population was all of the Gujrat District Secondary Schools. The research sample was 64 secondary schools, 32 of which were rural and 32 were urban. Out of 32 schools in the rural 16 boys and 16 girls were further educated. Similarly, boys were sixteen and girls were sixteen out of 32 urban schools. For the educational heads of secondary schools, a questionnaire was created for data collection. For the purpose of the analysis, the percentages are used. The key purpose of the study was to identify the administrative problems, faced by high school heads that were not in fact adequately responding to the needs of the students.

    Educational Heads, Administration, Problems
    (1) Syed Shafqat Ali Shah
    Assistant Professor, Department of Education, University of Gujrat, Gujrat, Punjab, Pakistan.
    (2) Waqar Un Nisa Faizi
    Assistant Professor, Department of Education, Islamia College Peshawar, KP, Pakistan.
    (3) Abdul Majeed Khan
    Assistant Professor, Department of Education, University of Sargodha Mianwali Campus, Punjab, Pakistan.