Exploring the Contribution of School Councils and Community Engagement in Enhancing the Quality of Education in Punjab's Public Schools
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https://doi.org/10.55737/tk/2k25c.43074Keywords:
Governance, School Councils, Community Participation, Decentralization, Efficacy, UtilityAbstract
School Council plays a fundamental role in Public School Governance. Testing the practical implementation of School Council policy at ground level on enhancing quality of education through community participation, this quantitative study was designed to assess the effect of school councils on the quality of education in their schools and to find out how community participation hinders or improves the functions of the school council. The populations of study were members of school councils in District of Sargodha Punjab, Pakistan. 300 members (male and female) of school councils were selected through simple random sampling from population. A bilingual questioner was made through extensive literature review to collect data from members of school councils. Rejection of null hypothesis suggest that quality of education effected positively through school council and community participation in governance role of school and helped to achieve long term goals. This study proposed several strategies to enhance the efficacy and utility of school councils in the administration of Punjab's public schools. First, the duties and roles of school councils should be made public and clear so that there is no room for confusion. Council members and school staff also need to keep learning more about how to run schools, how to handle money, how to be a leader, and how to help new members with any problems they may have.
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