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Ponte Academic Journal
Jun 2018, Volume 74, Issue 6

PROBLEMS OF THE PRINCIPALS OF GOVERNMENT HIGHER SECONDARY SCHOOLS IN PUNJAB PROVINCE AND THEIR REPERCUSSIONS

Author(s): Zia Ahmad Qamar ,Farooq Ahmad / Zia Ahmad Qamar / Faheem Huma Ghulzar / Dr. Abdul Khaliq / Prof. Dr Iftikhar Ahmad Baig

J. Ponte - Jun 2018 - Volume 74 - Issue 6
doi: 10.21506/j.ponte.2018.6.16



Abstract:
The study was an endeavor to identify the problems of public higher secondary schools’ principals in province Punjab, Pakistan. The present quantitative study was based on survey design. A cross-sectional survey was conducted to collect the related data from the research subjects. The target population of the current research was comprised of all the public higher secondary schools’ principals of the province Punjab, while all the principals of 10 districts (e.g., Gujranwala, Gujarat, Sialkot, Narrowal, Hafizabad, MandiBaha-ud-Din, Bhakkar, Khushab, Mianwali, and Sargodha) of the province Punjab was the accessible population of this study. Multi-stage stratified random sampling technique was used to draw the sample. The sample size was comprised of 187 principals. A self-constructed questionnaire was used as research instrument to obtain the pertinent data from the research subjects. Both kinds of statistical techniques were applied for data analysis. The results of the present research indicated that principals of the public higher secondary schools faced different kinds of academic, financial and administrative problems in the smooth functioning of their institutions. Therefore, several suggestions were made to deal with these problems effectively.
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