Elements of Secondary School Administration

Contents: Preface. 1. Introducing the secondary school administrator. 2. Recent curriculum trends in the secondary school. 3. The principal\'s as role in program development. 4. The principals educational supervisor. 5. The principal and the community. 6. The guidance program and educational administration. 7. Importance of pupil records. 8. Administration of student activities. 9. Student participation in school government. 10. The principal and the school building. Bibliography.

"Secondary education is the terminal education after which the students enter life and life activities and as such the secondary education should make the students competent to earn a living and to live like a responsible member of the society. Various central and state governments provide secondary education. It has been felt that secondary education should have many openings for the students especially in the vocational and technical area. It is for this reason that the secondary school buildings and the provision of secondary school teachers are very important considerations in the field of secondary education. The structure of secondary education determines to a great extent the shape of a society, to emerge if the students from the secondary schools take up vocational and technical education have been fully become the responsible members of the society." (jacket)