How School Leader Implement the Curriculum? Problems, Prospects, and Way Forward
The principal has a multidimensional role, which includes academic management, providing a suitable environment for learning, maintaining proper institutional discipline and the implementation of the curriculum in their academic institutions. The aim of the study was to explore the role of principals in the implementation of the curriculum in the school. The nature of the study was descriptive in nature, having 77 secondary school principals constitutes the population of the study, of which 70 principals were taken as a sample of the study using standardized sample size determination techniques. The data was collected through a validated closed-ended questionnaire with a 5-point Likert scale. The collected data were analyzed using chi-square statistics. The results reveal that the opportunities were provided to staff members for the development of skills and attitudes to support curriculum implementation, the curriculum materials were used to diagnose the potential barriers in the process of curriculum implementation, and the principal provides facilities for the development of standard assessment plans to implement the curriculum.
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Curriculum, Development, Implementation, Principal, Chi-Square
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(1) Obaid Ullah
Lecturer, Department of Education, National University of Modern Languages, Islamabad, Pakistan.
(2) Umair Arshad
Former Research Scholar, Department of Education, National University of Modern Languages, Islamabad, Pakistan.
(3) Uzma Malik
Lecturer, Department of Pakistan Studies, National University of Modern Languages, Islamabad, Pakistan.
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APA : Ullah, O., Arshad, U., & Malik, U. (2021). How School Leader Implement the Curriculum? Problems, Prospects, and Way Forward. Global Educational Studies Review, VI(I), 314-330. https://doi.org/10.31703/gesr.2021(VI-I).32
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CHICAGO : Ullah, Obaid, Umair Arshad, and Uzma Malik. 2021. "How School Leader Implement the Curriculum? Problems, Prospects, and Way Forward." Global Educational Studies Review, VI (I): 314-330 doi: 10.31703/gesr.2021(VI-I).32
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HARVARD : ULLAH, O., ARSHAD, U. & MALIK, U. 2021. How School Leader Implement the Curriculum? Problems, Prospects, and Way Forward. Global Educational Studies Review, VI, 314-330.
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MHRA : Ullah, Obaid, Umair Arshad, and Uzma Malik. 2021. "How School Leader Implement the Curriculum? Problems, Prospects, and Way Forward." Global Educational Studies Review, VI: 314-330
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MLA : Ullah, Obaid, Umair Arshad, and Uzma Malik. "How School Leader Implement the Curriculum? Problems, Prospects, and Way Forward." Global Educational Studies Review, VI.I (2021): 314-330 Print.
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OXFORD : Ullah, Obaid, Arshad, Umair, and Malik, Uzma (2021), "How School Leader Implement the Curriculum? Problems, Prospects, and Way Forward", Global Educational Studies Review, VI (I), 314-330
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TURABIAN : Ullah, Obaid, Umair Arshad, and Uzma Malik. "How School Leader Implement the Curriculum? Problems, Prospects, and Way Forward." Global Educational Studies Review VI, no. I (2021): 314-330. https://doi.org/10.31703/gesr.2021(VI-I).32