Principals’ Leadership Function: Most Important Function to Make School Run Effectively. A Qualitative Case Study Research of Government Bilingual High School Mokolo and Government Bilingual High School Mokala, Far North Region of Cameroon

Abstract

In all countries of the world the principal is the executive head of a secondary/high school with varying functions enshrined in four main headings: pedagogy, administrative, financial and social functions. The purpose of this research is to investigate to know which of these function is at the top of a scale of preference, if we go by economics palance. The findings will arm school principals with a veritable arm to be able to make our learning places an asset. To get this information, qualitative research method was used. participants were asked the following question ‘’ Dear colleague, could you tell this researcher the most important function needed by a principal to make a school run effectively? The participants of this study include 20 teachers from each of the case study school. The two principals, two vice principals and two discipline masters per school were also participants. This gave a total of 50 participants. The results showed that the most important function is linked with the administrative function. However, it was revealed that, the functions are all important to be pursued by principals. It was recommended that principals pay special attention to administrative duties in all their efforts to make a school run well. It was also recommended that in-service training and private research and studies should take administrative duties at the top of the scale.