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Unit 15: Participation of Stakholders in Educational Management

(ii) Economic Considerations : In the second approach, a begining is made with the limitation Notes
of finance, and the first step is to ascertain the maximum financial resources that can be
raised for education by mobilising internal resources through taxation or voluntary
contributions in cash and kind and external assistance.
• Delegation of Authorities and Accountability
• A principal or headmaster of an educational institution is assigned to perform various type of
tasks and functions which are as follows :
(i) Roles of a principal or headmaster.
(ii) Functions and duties of a principal.
(iii) Responsibilities of a principal, and
(iv) Accountability of a principal/haedmaster.
• He has to deal with various types of person a which have been enumerated as follows :
(a) Teachers and staff.
(b) Students.
(c) Parents.
(d) Management.
(e) Local authorities.
• Delegation of Authority
• A principal has to delegate his authorities and responsibilities to his senior teachers of the
school. The major tasks are assigned to the senior teachers or experience teachers according to
their interest and abilities so that they can perform their duties independently. The following
are the examples of delegation of authorities.
• The delegation of authority means, a senior teacher is working on behalf of the principal. The
credite of good administration goes to the principal. The discredite of poor administration also
goes to the principal. The ultimate responsibility and accountability of school functioning is the
principal.
• The Headmaster Role in Monitoring
• In school administration and organization, the headmaster delegates the authorities and duties
to senior teachers. They are supposed to monitor the functioning of the area assigned to them.
Even in the absence of headmaster a senior teacher takes responsibilities and duties of the
principal.
• Advantages of Monitoring
• The monitoring role has the following advantages :
(i) It makes administrative functioning smooth and effective.
(ii) It is based on democratic educational administration principles.
(iii) It maintains the school discipline, conducive for learning.
• The following are two main limitations of the monitoring role. If the responsibilities are given
to undeserving candidates, then the purpose will not be served.
• Supervision
• The supervision of all these things should be done not only for the mental development of the
students but also for the development of physical, social and ethical one. Study regarding
responsibility of supervision of head master could be done under the following heads :
(i) Teaching Work : The headmaster has got very important responsibility in this area. He has
to look after teaching work of various classes regularly. If he prepares a plan of supervision

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