Assessing the Role of Public-School Council in Utilization of the Non-Salary Budget

Abstract

The current quantitative study was designed to ascertain the utilization ofthe Non-Salary Budget (NSB) by engaging members of the SchoolCouncil (SC) in the government schools of Punjab (Pakistan). The study'smajor aim was to identify the gap in the utilization of the problems suchas transparency, and participation of members of school councils'problems regarding no salary budget (NSB) the public schools. Thisstudy's nature is descriptive. The population of this study comprised allrural and urban boys' and girls' public secondary schools situated in theDistrict of Bahawalpur. A sample of 400 participants in 20 schools waschosen through a multistage sampling procedure. A self-preparedquestionnaire was distributed among the randomly selected sample of 356school heads, teachers, clerks, and school council members. Data wereanalyzed through statistical methods for frequency, percentage, mean ofthe data, Standard Deviation, and t-test. The results indicated that theschool committee's role is to enhance educational facilities by using NSB.It faces a lack of parents' support regarding children's academic progress.It is recommended that regular pieces of training for school heads andschool council committee members may be conducted after short periods.Orientation training about the role, responsibilities, and authorities ofmembers of the school council must be conducted at the stage ofcomposing a new school council committee at the Tehsil level.