Manvi Arora: Providing Leadership Development for India’s School Leaders and Administrators
Manvi: In India, school leaders have minimal opportunities to attend leadership training and are consequently ill-equipped for their roles. School leader surveys show that leaders lack the skills required to support teachers in improving their practice and measuring progress toward improved student outcomes. Most school leaders in government schools are promoted based on seniority. School leaders in affordable private schools have an understanding of their administrative duties, but limited knowledge about teaching-learning. Without leadership training, school leaders consider their role as an administrative one, and hence the quality of education in the school does not improve.