However, a school is a unique organisation that can make or break the future of children under its care. Job security in schools, while desirable, cannot be realised and protected at all costs. Learners are fragile and therefore must never be sacrificed. Systems that keep school principals or teachers in their payrolls in the name of job security do not do justice to the learners. In the corporate world where profit maximisation is the driving motive, there is no job security. CEOs come in and go.
Those in the world of business seem to have made peace with the reality that they could be shown the door anytime. Robust and cutthroat competitions from rivals keep CEOs on their toes and they have to deliver. Mission failure is not an option. The buck stops with the CEO. CEOs are expected to take full responsibility for what is happening and not happening in their organisations. Similarly, education systems in other jurisdictions have adopted a business like atmosphere. Where accountability is strong, school principals come and go. It is simply not possible elsewhere for a principal to get a new contract when learning outcomes continue to plummet.
