LEADERSHIP ROLE OF HEAD TEACHER FOR QUALITY EDUCATION IN SCHOOL

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The article aims at acquainting the leadership role of Head teacher for ensuring quality education in schools and show relationship between the school head teacher’s leadership roles in delivering the much-needed integrative quality education managing capacities and vitalities of teachers, pupils and parents towards achieving common educational goals. The study examined that strong school leadership is a key contributing factor in successful schools. It also sought to determine the overall effects of the head teacher’s leadership role on the school’s capacity to impart quality education. Results discovered that there are three significant roles of the head teacher which are: routine administration, management of the school, monitoring teaching learning activities as per the prescribed curriculum, and community engagement. Therefore, head teachers are expected to put strong emphasis on these in order to gain the required quality education, which covers student knowledge, application and acquisition of life career skills and innovation. While the concept of quality and its priority indicators may differ from country to country, it is commonly considered as a determining factor in facilitating the implementation of education for all initiatives. Leadership practices of school leaders to inform planning, policy-making and the development of future enterprises, with an ultimate goal of improving school leadership practices in similar school settings in order to enhance education quality. The poor quality of education in Nepal has seriously unresolved confidence in the public education system, and this, in turn, has encouraged growth in private institutions in school level education. In Nepalese context, head teachers in higher-performing schools were found to be more proactive in establishing policies and practices to motivate stakeholders and more likely to provide effective leadership for continuous improvement in current practices in teaching learning delivery.

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