Abstract
Developing academic goals amongst students is a key aspect for achieving excellence across schools in Malaysia. It is meant to act as a benchmark to determine the effectiveness of a principal’s leadership. The leadership of a principal, and the school’s climate are the main issues which drive the achievement of students across national secondary schools (SMK) in Malaysia. This quantitative study aims to examine the influence and role of a principal’s leadership on the school climate, as well as its impact on the student’s academic achievement in domestic national secondary schools nationals on the East Coast of Malaysia. A total of 348 teachers were selected across vocational schools in the states of Kelantan, Terengganu and Pahang, through the use of simple random sampling, for the purpose of quantitative reviews. The researchers used the Multifactor Leadership Questionnaire (MLQ) to measure the leadership aspects of the principals, and the Organizational Health Inventory (OHI-M) to measure the climate of the school, as well as the achievement of academic students, which was measured using the CGPA of the schools in the examination areas over the last three years. The analysis of descriptive traits, for example, the number, percentage, scoring average, and the standard deviation was used to describe the demographics of the respondents, and analyse the data using regression, Pearson t-test correlations, and ANOVA. This helped to understand several key leadership factors, i.e., the International Transform Leadership, Tran Witness Leadership, Laissez-Faire Leadership, School Climate , and the Academic Achievement of the hypothesis testing, which was built according to the obtained statistics . The findings showed that the principal’s leadership influenced the climate across the school, and the achievement of the students. Therefore, it was proposed that the principal’s leadership needs to adopt the Transformational leadership, Transactional leadership, and Laissez-faire leadership as a guide in managing the school’s climate, especially in ensuring the teacher’s commitments, and the Student Academic Achievements, which can be further enhanced in line with the Malaysian
 Education Quality Standards 2010 (SKPM), and the Malaysian Education Development Plan 2013 -2025. 
Highlights
Education in Malaysia is a continuous effort to develop the nation’s talents holistically, and integrate it to produce people who are righteous, balanced, and harmonious, in terms of physical, emotional, spiritual and intellectual aspects, based upon the principles of faith and obedience to God (Amir & Zaidatul 2011)
Leadership is crucial in the effort to formulate an agenda that leads to the appreciation of the National Education Philosophy, in order to produce a generation of Malaysians who have high morals (Fullan, 2011)
This study has been successfully implemented, and the results of the study will provide useful contributions toward the leadership of principals, middle leaders in schools, teachers, and the Ministry of Education Malaysia, which will benefit the principals across the SMKs, in an effort to meet the criteria outlined in the Malaysian Education Quality Standards (SKPM 2010)
Summary
Education in Malaysia is a continuous effort to develop the nation’s talents holistically, and integrate it to produce people who are righteous, balanced, and harmonious, in terms of physical, emotional, spiritual and intellectual aspects, based upon the principles of faith and obedience to God (Amir & Zaidatul 2011). Leadership readiness is very much needed in line with the various continuous noble efforts from the Ministry of Education, which requires the subsequent generation to develop the necessary leadership to face the current and future challenges, and to generate a national identity which covers all aspects in the future (Yahya Don, 2010). These ambitions can only be achieved through high confidence, and responsibility for the quality and. An employee who does not feel at peace at his or her job, will not carry out their duties faithfully
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