Factors Affecting Coordination of District Educational Management in Azad Jammu and Kashmir: A Tenure based Analysis
Keywords:
Educational management, coordination, factors, district educational managersAbstract
Coordination among educational managers plays a vital role for the effective functioning of educational processes. The study was designed to find out the factors affecting coordination of district educational management in Azad Jammu and Kashmir (AJ&K): A tenure-based analysis. The objectives of the study were: to identify the factors affecting coordination of district educational management in AJ&K and to compare the factors affecting coordination of district educational management regarding tenure based in AJ&K. In population of the study 110 district educational managers were included and sample size was 82 by convenience sampling technique. The quantitative and descriptive research design was employed and data was collected through survey technique with the help of self-developed questionnaire. This study examined four factors each with six statements (non-acceptance, communication gap, administrative intervention, and teamwork spirit) which affecting the coordination of district educational managers in AJ&K. The collected data was analyzed by SPSS version 27 and Mean & ANOVA were run to generate the results. The results of the study highlighted that coordination among district educational managers regarding tenure is affected by non-acceptance, communication gap, administrative intervention, and teamwork spirit. On the basis of the results of the study, from the four hypotheses only first hypothesis of the study was accepted. The researcher recommended that necessary trainings are required especially for less tenure educational managers which enable them to work effectively.
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