Is Opening a Specialised School to Train School Leaders in Cameroon an Imposibility

Takang Jaspa, David Is Opening a Specialised School to Train School Leaders in Cameroon an Imposibility. Web of Semantic: Universal Journal on Innovative Education, 3 (1). pp. 57-67. ISSN 2835-3048

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Abstract

For several years now the issue of untrained school administrators has been in the corridors of education authorities. Many research reports in faculties of education and teacher training schools have recommended to government to create a specialized school for training school administrators. These wishes in the most part have not yielded fruits. This research intends to uncover why this lofty call has not taken off yet in Cameroon. The methodology used was a survey of teachers, head teachers, principals of basic and secondary schools in two divisions in two regions selected for convenience reasons. To give more validity to the findings two policy makers were part of the research. Qualitative method was used to carry out the research where a unique question was asked to all participants. The question was ‘’ why for several years now has a school leaders training institution not been created in Cameroon despite call from many research findings and other quarters knowing the importance leadership plays in any organization ?’’.The qualitative data collected was analyzed using content analyses technique( paton 1990). The results show that policy makers rely on teachers trained in the science of education department from teacher training schools especially those who have gained some teaching experience. Participants also said a reason is that government mostly create a specialized school related to humanities if the curriculum foster government stay in power. It was recommended that legislation be passed on the issue and importance given to this school like other institutions which are household names like military schools, police schools, medical schools and the national school of administration and magistracy popularly called ENAM. It was also recommended that much focus be placed on pedagogy in term of curriculum and the teaching corps.

Item Type:	Article
Subjects:	L Education > L Education (General)
Divisions:	Postgraduate > Master's of Islamic Education
Depositing User:	Journal Editor
Date Deposited:	14 Jun 2024 02:11
Last Modified:	20 Jun 2024 01:16
URI:	http://eprints.umsida.ac.id/id/eprint/13777

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