Abstract
Teachers of high schools play a pivotal role in qualitative improvement and quantitative expansion
of education system. This study was designed to explore the current academic decision making
practices in high schools of Punjab and Khyber Pakhtunkhwa and to highlight similarities and
dissimilarities of academic decision making practices in high schools of Punjab and Khyber
Pakhtunkhwa. The data revealed that both the Provinces use same academic decision making for
planning objectives, targets setting, design strategies to achieve the objectives, equal distribution
of work among staff members, performance appraisal of the staff members, internal and external
examinations, developing skills, interest and aptitude among the students, and monitoring the
students’ activities. It was also found that academic decisions made in secondary schools of both
the provinces for supervision of teachers include assigning subjects to teachers according to their
professional skills, guidance in selecting relevant material, professional guidance in solving
identified problems, evaluating and supervising the teaching methods and planning curricular and
co-curricular activities to implement curricula. Results also elicited that community is involved in
decision making in both the provinces and legal backup has been given to the community
participation, and School Councils have been established in the Punjab province whereas parentteacher councils have been established in the province of Khyber Pakhtunkhwa.
Sadaf Zamir Ahmed, Samina Malik, Hina Zamir Ahmed. (2019) Role of High-School Teachers in Academic Decision Making Practices: A Comparative Study of Two Provinces of Pakistan, Bulletin of Education & Research, Volume 41, Issue 1.
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