ANALYSIS OF PARENT TEACHER COUNCIL COLLABORATION FOR THE DEVELOPMENT OF EDUCATIONAL INSTITUTIONS
Keywords:
School community, role, school development, educational enhancementAbstract
Purpose: Parent Teacher Council (PTC) is a school community which has the role in educational institutions to develop schools academically and financially. Methods: In this study, the output analysis of school communities for the schools’ development and educational enhancement were investigated. The tool of the study was a questionnaire which was administered to the school community secretaries and chairpersons. The tool of the study was already validated by sending to the panel of experts and its reliability was tested on Cronbach’s alpha (0.83) and factor analysis (0.56). It was a descriptive and non-experimental survey research. In this study, the collected data were analyzed on Chi square as statistical test. Results: The findings of the study revealed that PTC as school communities were established and had not put into account their tasks as they were asked to perform. The problem with these communities that they were not functional and did not know what was their role in schools which they had to perform. Their role was suffered owing to illiterate parents and due to that, the vacuum was found in the schools and school community collaboration.
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