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EFFECT OF SCHOOL CLIMATE ON SCHOOL PERFORMANCE AT SECONDARY SCHOOL LEVEL

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http://dx.doi.org/10.31703/gesr.2023(VIII-I).14      10.31703/gesr.2023(VIII-I).14      Published : Mar 2023

Effect of School Climate on School Performance at Secondary School Level

Abstract

    The study aimed to examine effect of school climate on performance of schools. School climate includes measuring quality of the schools on various indicators such as dealing with internal and external dynamics, sustaining and fostering the school climate, high expectation and respects, handling conflicts and crisis, and shared decision making. Performance of schools is described as accomplishment of all short-term and long-term educational goals by the students, schools, and teachers. In district Sahiwal, 740 Secondary school teachers were selected randomly by using multistage sampling technique who evaluated their head teachers’ performance on quality practices of school climate on Head Teacher Effectiveness Questionnaire adopted for this study. For school performance, scores of student achievement were collected from their institutions along with the data on school performance questionnaire that included factors related to the teacher presence, school cleanliness, functioning of the facilities, and student presence. The data were obtained by reports of monthly visits collected through the evaluation teams of the districts authorities. The study explored that head of the institutions developed school climate effectively, and excellent level of schools performance was also found. The study found reasonable relationship between school climate and performance of schools (r=.57), and 32% variance in performance of school could be explained through school climate. The study also added that climate of school might be evaluated by using these quality practices of head teachers.

    Quality Practices of School Climate, Internal and External Dynamics, Fostering and Sustaining School Climate, Respects and High Expectations, Handling Conflicts and Crisis, Shared Decision Making, Sch

    (1) Muhammad Irfan Malik
    Lecturer in Education, The Islamia University of Bahawalpur, Punjab, Pakistan.
    (2) Muhammad Akram
    Associate Professor, Institute of Education and Research, University of the Punjab, Lahore, Punjab, Pakistan.
    (3) Abdul Hameed Qamar
    Lecturer in Education, The Islamia University of Bahawalpur, Punjab, Pakistan.
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    CHICAGO : Malik, Muhammad Irfan, Muhammad Akram, and Abdul Hameed Qamar. 2023. "Effect of School Climate on School Performance at Secondary School Level." Global Educational Studies Review, VIII (I): 154-167 doi: 10.31703/gesr.2023(VIII-I).14

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    HARVARD : MALIK, M. I., AKRAM, M. & QAMAR, A. H. 2023. Effect of School Climate on School Performance at Secondary School Level. Global Educational Studies Review, VIII, 154-167.

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    MHRA : Malik, Muhammad Irfan, Muhammad Akram, and Abdul Hameed Qamar. 2023. "Effect of School Climate on School Performance at Secondary School Level." Global Educational Studies Review, VIII: 154-167

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    TURABIAN : Malik, Muhammad Irfan, Muhammad Akram, and Abdul Hameed Qamar. "Effect of School Climate on School Performance at Secondary School Level." Global Educational Studies Review VIII, no. I (2023): 154-167. https://doi.org/10.31703/gesr.2023(VIII-I).14