Effectiveness of School Management Committees in the Academic and Physical Improvement of Public Sector Educational Institutions under Islamabad Capital Territory
Keywords:
School Management Committees (SMC), Islamabad Capital Territory (ICT), academic and physical uplift, awareness campaignAbstract
Involvement by school management committees is an important phenomenon in the academic and physical development of educational institutions. Governments and educational authorities promote their constructive participation and involvement in education in order to strengthen the worldwide educational process. The Pakistani government, both in the provinces and in Islamabad Capital Territory (ICT), has launched projects to involve the population in education with the same goal. Participatory school management committee bodies, such as School Management Committees (SMCs), have been established in all public schools in Pakistan at the behest of the government. To this aim, rules and regulations governing the functioning of such school management committees will be developed, and the School will receive a financial contribution each year to be used for consultation and support. This study intends to i) determine the extent to which SMCs are useful in improving academic and physical conditions in educational institutions. Data were gathered from 900 respondents, including Area Education Officers, Principals, and Teachers from six sectors of the Islamabad Capital Territory. The respondents' data was collected using three questionnaires. The research is quantitative in character. The sample approach used was convenience sampling, which refers to include a population based on its accessibility and availability to the researcher. Using the Chi-square test, it was observed that school management committees' instructional engagement in ICT was successful in most areas but ineffective in others. It is suggested that (i) effective planning is required to propagate the notion of school management committee engagement; (ii) awareness campaigns be intensified; and (iii) SMC participatory bodies meet with FDE personnel to address concerns at educational institutions.
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