Influences of Head Teachers Managerial Skills on Pupils Academic Performance at Secondary School Level
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The aim of this study was to discover the influence of head teachers’ managerial skills (Effective Communication, Motivation, Study Habit, interest, Human skills, Conceptual skills, Time Management skills, Leadership skills, Supervision) on students’ Academic Performance at secondary school level. In this study, quantitative research design was applied by the researcher. Moreover, purposive sampling technique was used by distributing the questionnaires among sample of 239 students and 206 teachers of Government secondary school in Multan District. While analyzing the data Z-test, Pearson Correlation, and Multiple Linear Regressions were applied in order to explore the influences of head teacher’s managerial skills upon the students’ academic performance. The findings of the study indicated that all the factors were highly correlated with each other and with students’ academic performance. Multiple Regression Model showed that all the independent variables have positive influence on the dependent variables and all these factors were statistically significant with respect to the students’ Academic Performance.Downloads
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