Over the years, the Philippines and educational system has been undergoing rehabilitation and development to keep pace with the international trends in education.

          Concerns on quality and excellence, relevance and responsiveness, access and equity and efficiency and effectiveness in school management and administration are main focuses of our educational innovations.

          In doing so, the Department of Education has come to the idea of implementing the principle of School-Based Management.

          School-Based Management is based on the principles of shared-governance. It recognizes that every unit in education bureaucracy has a particular role and task inherent in the office.

          In the school context, decentralization paves the way to responsibility and accountability. Hence, in placing SBM at work, the system needs school principals who know how to manage school resources and can think strategically.

          In can be noted, however, the principal is of the utmost importance in SBM. It demands that principals should play a key role in the effective functioning of the schools.

          It is a fact that SBM requires principals to work with key stakeholders in developing the school’s mission and goal. While the principals occupy an empowered position as they will be of great importance in achieving quality education.

 

By: Ana Macunan | Teacher I | Mariveles National High Malaya | Mariveles, Bataan