IMPACT OF THEMATIC RESEARCH GRANT TRAINING ON THE EDUCATION POLICY, LEADERSHIP AND MANAGEMENT PRACTICES OF HEADS OF SCHOOLS OF DISTRICT LAKKI MARWAT

Abstract

Thematic Research training is a training program for the heads of middle, high and higher secondary schools sponsored by Higher education Commission Islamabad. The present study was conducted to analyze the Impact of thematic research grant training on the Education policy, leadership and management practices of heads of schools of District Lakki Marwat. The research hypotheses that there is no significant difference between the education policy, leadership and management skills of heads before and after the training, the differences of skills across the gender and locality were tested. All the heads of middle, high, and higher secondary schools of Lakki Marwat were the population of the study. Multi stage sampling was used. At the first stage a stratified random sample of 85 heads (Male and Female) was selected out of total 179 School heads. At the 2^nd stage a representative stratified random sampling was used for the selection of male and female heads. 40 males and 45 female heads were selected randomly.  The result shows that there is a significant effect of training on the education policy leadership and management skills of heads of schools.