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Placing emphasis on pre service training

School principals are key drivers of education reforms. Therefore, increasing attention and investments in the preparation of school leaders before deployment and their continuing professional development and support while in-service would ensure effective implementation of the envisaged reform agenda.

Emphasis should be placed on pre-service training. This is because there is no guarantee of in-service training and professional support.

To ensure the agility of school leaders and, therefore, school success, the system should boldly embark on exorcising identified situational constraints which are not inspiring hope while conspiring against the maintenance of good school governance and high standards of accountability. School governance reforms should revolve around two interrelated concepts of empowerment and autonomy.

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