CHALLENGES IN IMPROVEMENT OF PERFORMANCE OF SECONDARY SCHOOL HEAD TEACHERS IN MIRPUR DIVISION AZAD JAMMU AND KASHMIR

Abstract

The current study was conducted on challenges in improvement of performance of secondary school head teachers in Mirpur Division AJ&K. The objectives of the study were to analyze the indicators of performance of secondary school head teachers, to explore the secondary school head teacher’s performance and to find out the challenges in the improvement of performance of secondary school head teachers. The research was descriptive in nature, with data collected via a survey method. The population of the study was consisting of all head teachers and teachers of Secondary schools (Male) of Mirpur division in Azad Jammu and Kashmir. Stratified Random sampling technique was used to select the sample of the study. Out of 147 head teachers and 460 SSTs 108 head teachers and 216 SSTs were selected randomly as study sample. Two questionnaires were distributed among the participants asking for their responses. One for the head teachers second for the SSTs. Each questionnaire containing 64 items was developed and finalized after the process of validation. Data were collected personally by the researcher from respondents. The Statistical Package for the Social Sciences (SPSS) was used to analyze the data for this study. Mean score and standard deviation were applied to determine the results. The mean scores of two groups of respondents (head teachers and SSTs) were compare through independent sample T-Test. The main finding of the study was that secondary school head teacher’s performance was not satisfactory in two major components, i.e., leadership qualities and supervision. It was suggested that qualified professionals should appoint as head teachers in order to increase the quality of education.