A Case Study on Effective Secondary School Head

Abstract

The purpose of the study was to examine the effectiveness of a secondary school head teacher. This study was a case study and delimited to one successful secondary school which was selected purposefully for which fulfill the three basic criteria fixed by the researcher; The highest score opted in Managerial Effectiveness Scale (MES), Results in the tenth board examination and tenure of service in the particular school of the head teacher, during the survey conducted by the researcher in his previous study on forty (40) secondary school head teachers. In this case study unstructured observation and semi-structured interview schedule were used for data collection and the data were analysed through content analaysis. The finding of the study were the head teacher shows positive attitude towards his profession, enthusiastic, innovative, knowledgeable. techno-savvy, honest and sincere to his duties.