INSTRUCTIONAL LEADERSHIP PRACTICES AND STUDENTS' ACADEMIC ACHIEVEMENT:A STUDY OF PUBLIC SECONDARY SCHOOLS

Abstract

The present study aims to identify the instructional leadership practices and students' academic achievement in public secondary schools. The study was survey and descriptive in nature. The quantitative as well qualitative (QUAN-QUAL) method was adopted for the proposed study. Population of the study comprised of head teachers and secondary school teachers of Multan district. Twelve (12) head teachers and eighty (80) secondary school teachers were sample of the study. The cluster random sampling technique was adopted for the study. The questionnaire was used for data collection from the respondents. The validity of research tools were ensuring through expert opinion and the reliability of research tools were calculated through Charon Batch Alpha. Findings of the study indicated that majority of the participants responded positively to the statements that the instructional strategies are developing academic achievement and the effect of instructional supervision strategies on academic achievement is positive at secondary school level students.