School leadership and management concepts are very much linked to the political process of the state. Successful administrators and managers should understand the various dimensions of the role of the state in influencing the day-to-day administration of the executive, legislature and the judiciary and how this in turn influences the daily administration of the school as an organization.
This course introduces the theories of politics, political ideologies and concepts of global and subnational politics that in turn impact on education decision making in Papua New Guinea. Stakeholders in educational policy making process in PNG are identified and their influences on education are discussed. Local, provincial, regional and national politics and their influence on educational policy decisions are considered in the areas such as curriculum, funding, and management. Other topics include centralisation and decentralisation of decision-making, interest groups, social groups, pressure groups, Board of Governors, management committees and the relationship between citizens and school administration, changing ideologies of political parties and its implications on school leadership and management.
- Teacher: Mary Ulnas