OBJECTIVES OF SCHOOL MANAGEMENT UNIT-I

 

OBJECTIVES OF SCHOOL MANAGEMENT

The direction of School education is generally expressed via objectives. Effective school management enables the right pupils to receive the right education from the right teachers, at a cost within the means of the state, under conditions which will enable the pupils to profit by their training. One of the purposes of school management is to bring different wings of the organization close together and enable them function harmoniously in coordination. Management is the body that spells out educational goals- It lays down the process of planning, functioning, controlling and directing the activities for the achievement of those educational goals. Some main objectives of school management are as under:

FOR ACHIEVING AIMS OF EDUCATION:

School management should create conditions which facilitate the attainment of pre- decided aims of education. The success and efficiency of management is dependent upon the extent to which it contributes to the educative process and achievement of educational goals.

ENSURING COORDINATION:

There are different components and wings and activities of the school which need to work together to carry out the educational programmes. If these wings work independent of each other without proper coordination, one is sure to interfere in the working of the other. The main objective of school management is to enable these wings and activities function harmoniously in proper coordination to avoid confusion for fulfillment of the desired goals.

EMPHASIZING ON ORGANIZATIONAL EFFICIENCY:

School management should have a very clear understanding of organizational goals before efficiency improves. This knowledge of organization goals helps to use the scarce and limited resources at their disposal as efficiently as possible.

BRINGING EFFECTIVENESS IN EDUCATION PROGRAMME:

School management need to bring effectiveness in the conduct of educational programmes of the school. It can do so by making the management of school free from complications and intricacies. Thus school management should solve all problems, relating to the areas of equipments, teaching, supervision, staffing, curricular and co-curricular activities, discipline, evaluation and the like.

CREATING CONDITIONS FOR BETTER EDUCATION:

School management should create suitable conditions which facilitate the growth and development of children. Management must create environment for the training of their faculties and providing better learning situations for their future adjustment.

IDENTIFYING SCHOOL FUNCTIONS:

For the effective functioning of the school the management should clearly identify and delimit the functions of the school in relation to various programmes and activities  

MANAGEMENT OF CO-OPERATIVE TEACHING

Cooperative teaching is a major part of the remedial teaching strategy in school education. It effects both the planning of subject teaching and methodology employed in presenting the subject to pupils. In many ways it is an innovation which is very threatening to staff challenging as it does. The whole concept of teacher autonomy by introducing another professional into the territory of the classroom teacher to succeed in implementing such a far-reaching innovation would represent a major achievement on the part of the management of the school.

 All activities to be adequately organized:

Every activity which is expected to produce a desired result should be properly and adequately organized. There are pupils eager and ready to learn, there are teachers ready to teach and there is a wealth of teaching materials but the giving and taking of instructions will not be a fruitful process unless and until somebody plans the process of instruction in the right way.

MINIMIZING WASTAGE:

The school management should keep control over the wasteful use of resources so that there is little or no wastage. It should regulate the activities to avoid over lapping for the satisfactory functioning of the school machinery.

UTILIZING RESOURCES:

School management has to utilize all resources human and material for the maximum benefit of students and attainment of better results. Management has to keep proper control and supervision so that there is no wastage of the resources.

FOR PERPETUATING CULTURAL AND SOCIAL VALUES:

The school has an important function of perpetuating the old and creating the new values and ideals for building the democratic foundation of society. School management should serve a means of perpetuating and creating the cultural and social values by managing the school property to this end.

 

 BUILDING EFFECTIVE RELATIONSHIP:

The school management groups and the individual teachers should try to build effective relationship with all those who are connected with school education. Encouraging all persons to participate in curriculum framework would seem t create better opportunities for effective contact with subject advisors rather than by working in isolation.

 EVALUATING PERFORMANCE

In order to make an assessment of the results of the efforts made, the school management has to evaluate the performance in all aspects of school programme. The main purpose of evaluation is to know whether the efforts made in the direction of providing better education and improving the system of education have been useful or have gone waste and if there is a need to affect strategic changes in our efforts.