Open Access
American Research Journal of Humanities and Social Sciences
ISSN (Online): 2378-7031
DOI: 10.46568/2378-7031
Effectiveness of School Leadership and Management Practices on Pupils’ Outcomes in DRC Pilot Primary Schools
Affiliation
1Ph.D, School of Education, Department of Educational Economics and Management, Central China Normal University, Wuhan, China2Teacher-Researcher, Faculty of Psychology and Eductaional Sciences, Departement of School Administration, Management and Training Center, National Pedagogical University, Kinshasa, RD Congo. corneilleluboya@outlook.fr
Abstract
The purpose of this quantitative study is to explain the possible impact of practices of leadership and
management actors on student’s outcomes. The survey was carried through a questionnaire to ascertain the
school leadership and management practices of 100 members of school management of 27 primary pilot schools
were linked to 1620 students’ outcomes. The findings pointed out 39 significant practices in students outcomes
among 82 selected practices. All these practices relate directly to the daily, monthly, trimestral and yearly duties
of school leadership and management actors in DRC context. These practices are grouped into 3 components
with 16 variables. The range from effective leadership and supervision of pedagogy; effective operational and
strategic management of human, material and financial, information, and time resources available for school
operations as well as an appropriate school environment.
