RSSSchool Leadership
:: Introduction ::
Education International strongly believes in every child’s right to public or publicly funded education of good quality. EI recognizes and cherishes the critical role played by principals, other school leaders and their schools in providing education services to the communities in which they operate. School leaders, in particular, are strategically positioned to ensure that their schools provide quality education by creating conditions for effective teaching and learning in their institutions.
However, EI notes that the rapidly changing economic, social and cultural environments in which schools operate have created new challenges for school leaders. For example, the implementation of decentralization policies and new accountability demands have made school leadership more and more complex. These demands require school leaders to be more multi-skilled and more versatile, as they are called upon to make more complex management and administrative decisions, while at the same time providing the necessary pedagogical leadership in the school. Education International supports school principals and other school leaders in their quest to improve teaching and learning in their institutions and the conditions under which they, teachers and other education employees work.