School Administration
Unit 1: Introduction to Educational Administration
- The Latin word ‘minister’, from which ‘administration’ is derived, fundamentally means:
- a) Leadership
- b) Management
- c) Service
- d) Control
Answer: c
- Educational administration, as a field, applies administrative theory primarily to:
- a) Government agencies
- b) Corporate businesses
- c) Non-profit organizations
- d) Educational institutions
Answer: d
- The primary focus of educational administration, as stated in the text, is:
- a) Financial management
- b) Enhancement of teaching and learning
- c) Personnel recruitment
- d) Building maintenance
Answer: b
- Which definition describes administration as “All those techniques and procedures employed in operating the educational organization in accordance with established policies”?
- a) R. Mort
- b) Grayson Kefauver
- c) Good’s Dictionary of Education
- d) Russell T. Gregg
Answer: c
- R. Mort defined educational administration in terms of influencing pupils towards objectives using __________ as agents.
- a) Parents
- b) Administrators
- c) Teachers
- d) Community leaders
Answer: c
- Russell T. Gregg’s definition emphasizes the utilization of materials to promote the development of:
- a) Institutional reputation
- b) Financial resources
- c) Human qualities
- d) Physical infrastructure
Answer: c
- The International Encyclopedia of Higher Education defines educational administration as a social process concerned with creating, maintaining, stimulating, controlling, and __________ resources.
- a) Ignoring
- b) Selling
- c) Unifying
- d) Reducing
Answer: c
- Which level/task area of administration involves ensuring instruction meets examination body requirements and facilitating academic change?
- a) Staff Personnel Functions
- b) Student Personnel Functions
- c) Curriculum/Instructional Functions
- d) Financial and Physical Resources Functions
Answer: c
- Harnessing the potential of staff and allowing colleagues to participate in organizational governance falls under:
- a) Curriculum/Instructional Functions
- b) Staff Personnel Functions
- c) Student Personnel Functions
- d) School Community Relations Functions
Answer: b
- Managing student extra-curricular activities and health services is part of:
- a) Staff Personnel Functions
- b) Financial and Physical Resources Functions
- c) School Community Relations Functions
- d) Student Personnel Functions
Answer: d
- Budgeting, articulating cash inflow/outflow, and procuring educational plants pertains to:
- a) Student Personnel Functions
- b) Financial and Physical Resources Functions
- c) Curriculum/Instructional Functions
- d) School Community Relations Functions
Answer: b
- Involving the P.T.A. and other stakeholders in policy formulation relates to:
- a) Staff Personnel Functions
- b) Financial and Physical Resources Functions
- c) School Community Relations Functions
- d) Curriculum/Instructional Functions
Answer: c
- Within the scope of general administration applied to education, ‘Production’ refers to:
- a) Manufacturing school supplies
- b) Realization of the goals of education set by society
- c) Generating income for the school
- d) Building new school facilities
Answer: b
- ‘Assuring Public Use’ in educational administration means ensuring educational outcomes are:
- a) Kept confidential
- b) Acceptable and beneficial to the public
- c) Standardized globally
- d) Focused only on elite students
Answer: b
- The scope area of ‘Personnel’ in educational administration is crucial because education centers on the impact of:
- a) Buildings upon students
- b) Finances upon teachers
- c) Teachers upon students
- d) Policies upon parents
Answer: c
- ‘Coordination’ as a scope area aims to integrate activities, structure, attitudes, and __________ of workers.
- a) Salaries
- b) Efforts
- c) Personal lives
- d) Political views
Answer: b
- According to Sears, establishing educational purpose involves expressing them as aims and the:
- a) Budget plan
- b) Staffing schedule
- c) Program of work
- d) Building design
Answer: c
- Mobilizing resources of men and materials for realizing educational aims falls under Sears’ scope related to:
- a) Establishing purpose
- b) Provision and development
- c) Laying down procedures
- d) Defining authority
Answer: b
- Curriculum and methods of teaching fall under which aspect of Sears’ scope?
- a) Establishing purpose
- b) Provision and development
- c) Laying down procedures and techniques
- d) Deciding the mechanism of power
Answer: c
- Determining the agencies of education, their powers, and standards relates to which broad area of scope?
- a) Pupils
- b) Personnel
- c) Legal Structure
- d) Finance
Answer: c
Unit 2: Educational Administrative Structures
- Educational planning involves selecting among alternatives and exploring routes before:
- a) Hiring staff
- b) Travel begins
- c) Evaluating results
- d) Allocating budget
Answer: b
- Modern educational planning emphasizes that it should be democratic, scientific, and:
- a) Centralized
- b) Secretive
- c) Decentralized
- d) Short-term only
Answer: c
- Forecasting the number and types of pupils needed in the future is an aspect of which characteristic of educational planning?
- a) Decision-Making
- b) Team Work
- c) Forecasting
- d) Remedial Measures
Answer: c
- Planning that identifies maladjustments or deficiencies in the system is considered:
- a) Anticipatory
- b) Remedial and guidance oriented
- c) Economic focused
- d) Authoritarian
Answer: b
- One of the key principles of educational planning is that it must be an aspect of:
- a) Individual school goals
- b) General national planning
- c) Teacher preferences
- d) Historical traditions
Answer: b
- Another principle states that educational planning should utilize the services of specialists without allowing them to:
- a) Be compensated
- b) Participate
- c) Dominate
- d) Evaluate
Answer: c
- Educational organizations like schools and colleges are considered types of:
- a) Financial institutions
- b) Political parties
- c) Social organizations
- d) Manufacturing units
Answer: c
- Poor organization of resources in an educational setting often leads to:
- a) Increased efficiency
- b) Wastage and bad outcomes
- c) Higher staff morale
- d) Better student results
Answer: b
- Effective formal organizations need to be strengthened and supported by:
- a) Stricter rules
- b) Informal networks of personal contacts
- c) Reduced communication
- d) Centralized decision-making
Answer: b
- One feature of school organization mentioned is that teachers should get equal pay for equal work and:
- a) Years of service
- b) Popularity with students
- c) Similar qualifications
- d) Number of classes taught
Answer: c
- Educational Direction involves providing authority or policy for management and:
- a) Financial auditing
- b) Taking decisions
- c) Curriculum writing
- d) Building maintenance
Answer: b
- Educational Co-ordination primarily aims to ensure cooperation among:
- a) Competing schools
- b) Funding agencies
- c) Multifarious resources (especially human)
- d) Political leaders
Answer: c
- Modern educational supervision is conceived as a process primarily aimed at improving:
- a) Budget allocation
- b) Administrative efficiency
- c) The total teaching-learning situation
- d) School infrastructure
Answer: c
- Which is a characteristic of educational supervision?
- a) It is primarily punitive.
- b) It discourages cooperation.
- c) It provides leadership with extra-knowledge and superior skills.
- d) It focuses only on administrative tasks.
Answer: c
- Educational controlling is exercised through techniques such as policies, budget, auditing, and:
- a) Student counseling
- b) Community outreach
- c) Time table and curriculum
- d) Public relations
Answer: c
- Educational evaluation determines the degree of realization of educational objectives and its:
- a) Cost
- b) Popularity
- c) Effectiveness
- d) Complexity
Answer: c
- According to the text, the 18th constitutional amendment in Pakistan aimed towards:
- a) Centralizing education
- b) Provincial autonomy
- c) International control of education
- d) Privatizing all schools
Answer: b
- The flowchart for provincial institutes suggests a hierarchical structure likely headed by a:
- a) Teacher
- b) Student council
- c) Provincial authority (e.g., Secretary of Education)
- d) Parent committee
Answer: c
- Which criterion is listed for evaluating trainees in educational administration?
- a) Wealth
- b) Political connections
- c) Observance of Conduct & Discipline
- d) Social media presence
Answer: c
- Target populations for administrative training include Head Teachers, Headmasters, Principals, and:
- a) Students
- b) Parents
- c) Education Managers (DEOs, etc.)
- d) Support staff (cleaners, guards)
Answer: c
Unit 3: School Administration and its Functions
- The Head of School exercises authority in consultation with the school executive and with due __________ of responsibilities.
a) Centralization
b) Delegation
c) Elimination
d) Ignoring
Answer: b) Delegation - Which aspect is part of the Head of School’s responsibility under ‘Strategic and Budgetary Planning’?
a) Teaching specific subjects
b) Monitoring expenditure to ensure it is within appropriate levels
c) Coaching the school sports team
d) Counseling individual students
Answer: b) Monitoring expenditure to ensure it is within appropriate levels - Creating a supportive working environment and fostering career development for staff falls under the Head of School’s responsibility category of:
a) Strategic Planning
b) Staffing
c) Teaching and Learning
d) General Duties
Answer: b) Staffing - Conducting probation reviews with newly appointed academic staff is a responsibility of the:
a) Students
b) Support Staff
c) Head of School
d) Parents
Answer: c) Head of School - Ensuring the effective delivery of high-quality teaching and maintenance of academic standards is part of the Head of School’s role in:
a) Staffing
b) Financial Management
c) Teaching, Learning, and Research
d) Facility Management
Answer: c) Teaching, Learning, and Research - Fostering interdisciplinary activities both within the school and between schools is encouraged under which responsibility area?
a) Budgetary Planning
b) Staff Recruitment
c) Teaching, Learning, and Research
d) Physical Facility Management
Answer: c) Teaching, Learning, and Research - Nominating External Examiners for examinations typically falls under the responsibility of the:
a) Students’ Union
b) Head of School
c) Office Clerk
d) School Nurse
Answer: b) Head of School - Ensuring the effective operation of the school in accordance with approved governance procedures is a __________ duty of the Head of School.
a) Financial
b) Staffing
c) Teaching
d) General
Answer: d) General - If a Head of School is absent for more than three consecutive days, they must appoint:
a) A student representative
b) An Acting Head of School
c) An external consultant
d) A parent volunteer
Answer: b) An Acting Head of School - The prime role of the Academic Head of an institution is to provide strong:
a) Financial oversight
b) Academic leadership
c) Building security
d) Community relations
Answer: b) Academic leadership
Unit 4: Evaluative Role of Administration
- The primary purpose of the performance appraisal process for administrators is to provide:
a) Reasons for dismissal
b) Consistent and equitable evaluation linked to goals
c) A basis for social events
d) Material for the school newsletter
Answer: b) Consistent and equitable evaluation linked to goals - The performance appraisal process described uses a four-phase approach: Planning, Coaching, __________, and Rewarding.
a) Hiring
b) Budgeting
c) Reviewing
d) Marketing
Answer: c) Reviewing - Performance goals for administrative employees should be developed using the SMART format, where ‘R’ stands for:
a) Realistic
b) Relevant
c) Rapid
d) Reviewed
Answer: b) Relevant - During the ‘Coaching’ phase, the supervisor tracks performance and __________ to improve performance.
a) Punishes
b) Ignores
c) Reinforces/coaches
d) Delegates
Answer: c) Reinforces/coaches - Performance appraisals should be based on:
a) Isolated incidents only
b) The employee’s performance prior to the review period
c) The employee’s performance during the entire review period
d) Popularity among colleagues
Answer: c) The employee’s performance during the entire review period