The Role of a Principal / Headteacher in School Improvement: A Case Study of a Community-Based School in Karachi, Pakistan (original) (raw)

Many studies have been conducted internationally on headteachers‟ role in School Improvement (SI). In Pakistan, however, this is a new but increasingly expanding area of study focusing different types of schools (Khaki, 2005) including private, public, and community based. This study on headteacher‟s role in SI was conducted in a community based school in Karachi comprising of migrants from different parts of Pakistan and (refugees from) Afghanistan. A case study, using semi-structured interviews from headteacher and other stakeholders were used to explore the headteacher‟s role in SI. The findings show that role of the Headteacher in SI is complex, daunting, multi-dimensional, and multilayered (Lizotte, 2013; Moos, 2013). Headteacher performs her best to provide better education to learners; tries to meet stakeholders‟ expectations in terms of improving teaching and learning, improving school infrastructure (e.g., up-gradation of the school building), keep her teachers motivating a...