Friday, April 16, 2010

Discourse On Structural Leadership

KIIT world school(New State Academy) took a tremendous initiative to popularize the idea of ‘Leadership in Education Administration & development’. Prof. Hyle and Prof. Rhonda, eminent educationists from University of Texas USA and Mr. Suraj Prakash former principal CRPF school exchanged their views with around 25 principals of leading schools of Delhi, on the challenges of school administration, need for affiliation and certification of the leaders, complexity of the role of leaders in coordinating with the staff and the children, in improvement of the academic quality, interaction with other schools etc. All the members realized the dire need of formal, professional training, to make the leadership more structured for the competitive world today. The foreign delegates shared the positive aspects of the leadership in US. The school Principal Mrs. Sangeeta Bhatia also promoted the idea of armored leadership. The meeting ended on an optimistic note with all the members looking forward at the bright prospects of leadership program in India.