Abstract

The study aimed at finding the impacts of secondary school principals financial management competency on the institutional development. All male and female principals of secondary and higher secondary schools of Khyber Pakhtunkhwa were the population of the study and among them a sample of 200 head teachers including 100 male (40 urban & 60 rural) and 100 females (40 urban & 60 rural) from two conveniently selected districts were selected. Two research instruments; one questionnaire for Principals and a checklist was developed. The data were analyzed through frequencies, percentages, mean and standard deviation and t-test. Major findings of the study were; majority of the Principals were competent in planning, organizing, and controlling financial matters of their schools except in the tasks of fund raising, and internal audit. Urban Principals were better in planning than rural Principals. It is recommended that rural Principals may be provided training especially about planning financial matters

Authors

1-M. Anees-ul-Husnain Shah
Assistant Professor, Department of Education, University of Education DG Khan Campus, Punjab, Pakistan.

2-Asghar Ali
Assistant Professor, Faculty of Education, University of Malakand, Chakdara, KP, Pakistan.

3-M. Adnan Maqbool
PhD Scholar, Department of I.E.R, University of the Punjab, Lahore, Pakistan.

Keywords

Financial Management Competencies, School Principals & Institutional Development

DOI Number

10.31703/ger.2017(II-I).10

Page Nos

85-102

Volume

II

Issue

I