The Actualization of Administrative Governance in Public Secondary Schools and its Difficulties in Implementation

Abstract

The study aimed to determine the degree to which public secondary school principals practice the governance principles and the obstacles to their application from the point of view of the principals. It also aimed to reveal the differences in the reality of its application and the related obstacles according to the two variables (type - years of service). To achieve this purpose, the researcher used the descriptive survey approach and prepared a questionnaire consisting of (33) paragraphs. After verifying the validity and reliability of the tool, it was applied to the entire research population. The percentage of responses was (60.9%). One of the most prominent results was that the degree of managers' practice of governance is Very High in all principles:(Transparency, Accountability, Responsibility, Justice, Rational decision-making). The degree of governance obstacles realization was also high. The results showed that there were no statistically significant differences at the level of significance (α ≤ 0.05) between the responses of public secondary school principals in the eastern region towards the reality of governance practice and the obstacles to its application according to two variables (type, years of service). In light of the results, the researchers provided a set of recommendations.