• DAKSHAYINI H.S.
• Dr. PALANETHRA L.

The aim of this research is to know the Educational Leadership of head teachers with few background variables that is sex and type of management. Descriptive Survey method was followed. Stratified Random Sampling Technique was used for the selection of 90 secondary school teachers from 15 secondary schools (Each school, 3 male and 3 female teachers are selected) situated in Bengaluru Rural District, Karnataka. ‘Leadership Effectiveness Scale (LES): A measure of leader’s characteristics’ developed by Haseen Taj (2002) was used to assess the effectiveness of educational leadership. It is meant to collect responses from secondary school teachers about the leadership effectiveness of the head teachers of their corresponding schools. In order to achieve hypotheses of the present study statistical analysis was performed such as mean, standard deviation and independent t-test. The findings of the research show that there is significant difference found in the educational leadership effectiveness of head teachers with respect to teachers’ perception over sex and type of school management. The head teachers of private institutions can be more aware and conscious regarding their educational leadership characteristics to become more effective leader as well as administrator. Utilizing this result, educational planners should take necessary measures to see that the head teachers of private schools will take up more responsibilities to improving themselves as better leaders.

Educational Leadership, Effectiveness, Secondary School, Head, Teachers.

"A STUDY ON EDUCATIONAL LEADERSHIP OF HEAD TEACHERS IN RELATION TO FEW BACKGROUND VARIABLES", International Journal of Emerging Technologies and Innovative Research (www.jetir.org), ISSN:2349-5162, Vol.7, Issue 6, page no.1933-1938, June-2020, Available :http://www.jetir.org/papers/JETIR2006605.pdf

"A STUDY ON EDUCATIONAL LEADERSHIP OF HEAD TEACHERS IN RELATION TO FEW BACKGROUND VARIABLES", International Journal of Emerging Technologies and Innovative Research (www.jetir.org | UGC and issn Approved), ISSN:2349-5162, Vol.7, Issue 6, page no. pp1933-1938, June-2020, Available at : http://www.jetir.org/papers/JETIR2006605.pdf