ADMINISTRATIVE PROBLEMS OF HEAD TEACHERS AT SECONDARY SCHOOLS LEVEL IN PAKISTAN.

  • Faculty of Social Sciences, Pir Mehr Ali Shah, Arid Agriculture University, Rawalpindi - Pakistan.
  • Associate Professor, Faculty of Social Sciences, Pir Mehr Ali Shah, Arid Agriculture University, Rawalpindi - Pakistan.
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Every society thrives and progresses through the hard work of talented and learned people. The developed countries all over the world have achieved supremacy through research and education. Effective supervision and administration play a fundamental role in the learning process. The objective of this study was to identify the serious administrative problems of head teachers in secondary schools in (Tehsil Kallar Syedan-Rawalpindi) Pakistan. Non probability purposive sampling from eighty two head teachers of government, public and private secondary schools of (Tehsil Kallar Syedan-Rawalpindi) Pakistan, through questionnaire used SPSS to analyze the administrative problems. Both male and female head teachers were participated in the study. The results of the study reveals that the heads teacher?s of educational institution are facing problems like, shortage of teaching aid material, political pressure, shortage of funds and parent?s attitude. To promote the head teachers and overcome the administrative problems, it is suggested and recommended that the essential educational facilities should be provided to the head teachers.

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[Muhammad Shahzad Ashfaq, M Arshad Dahar and Arshad Mehmood Malik. (2018); ADMINISTRATIVE PROBLEMS OF HEAD TEACHERS AT SECONDARY SCHOOLS LEVEL IN PAKISTAN. Int. J. of Adv. Res. 6 (May). 1155-1168] (ISSN 2320-5407). www.journalijar.com

Muhammad Shahzad Ashfaq
Faculty of Social Sciences, Pir Mehr Ali Shah Arid Agriculture University

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Article DOI: 10.21474/IJAR01/7141      
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