Abstract
With the prologue of devolution of power 2001, district level educational managers are working with new accountability environment. This study was proposed to explore the opinions of Executive District Officer (EDOs) of Punjab regarding the devolution in education. The data was collected through primary source by semi-structured interviews. It was found that most of the district administrations in education like EDOs, had no managerial training before joining these posts. Some of the EDOs described that devolution had little effect on enrolment, dropout, and female enrolment. All EDOs expressed unhappiness over lack of any orientation or professional development provided to them in this context. Most of the powers had been concentrated in the office of EDOs whereas DEOs; Deputy DEOs have merely become reporting officers. The personnel in the hierarchy of education department before devolution were, answerable to people of the same cadre at district, division and provincial level like in district to DEOs, at divisional level to Director (Education) and at provincial level to Director Public Instructions (DPI) but in post- devolution scenario they had to report to the bureaucracy at the district level (District Coordinating Officer) which eroded their autonomy.
Ayaz Muhammad Khan. (2013) Devolution of Education: Opinions and Reflections of Executive District Officers (EDOs) in Punjab, Bulletin of Education & Research, Volume 35, Issue 1.
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