Volume 12, Issue 7 (July 2025), Pages: 200-210

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 Original Research Paper

Extent of school self-management implementation from the perspective of secondary school principals in Irbid governorate

 Author(s): 

 Miesam Fawzi Motiar Al-Azam *

 Affiliation(s):

 Kindergarten Department, College of Education, University of Hail, Hail, Saudi Arabia

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 * Corresponding Author. 

   Corresponding author's ORCID profile:  https://orcid.org/0009-0005-1197-944X

 Digital Object Identifier (DOI)

  https://doi.org/10.21833/ijaas.2025.07.020

 Abstract

This study investigates the extent of school self-management implementation from the perspective of secondary school principals in the Irbid Governorate. A descriptive research design was adopted, and data were collected through a questionnaire administered to 135 male and female principals in the Bani Obeid District. The results indicate a high level of self-management application in both public and private secondary schools. No statistically significant differences were found in principals’ perceptions based on gender, educational qualification, or type of school. However, significant differences were observed based on years of experience, favoring those with more than ten years. The study recommends developing educational programs to enhance school staff's understanding of the concept, importance, objectives, and roles associated with school self-management.

 © 2025 The Authors. Published by IASE.

 This is an open access article under the CC BY-NC-ND license ( http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-nd/4.0/).

 Keywords

 School self-management, Secondary principals, Descriptive study, Educational leadership, Experience differences

 Article history

 Received 26 January 2025, Received in revised form 4 June 2025, Accepted 26 June 2025

 Acknowledgment

The author acknowledges support for the underlying research into the degree of application of self-management of schools from the point of view of secondary school principals in Irbid Governorate from the College of Education, University of Hail in Saudi Arabia. 

 Compliance with ethical standards

 Ethical considerations

Informed consent was obtained from all participants prior to their inclusion in the study. Participation was voluntary, and participants were assured of their right to withdraw at any time without penalty. All responses were kept confidential, and data were handled in accordance with applicable data protection and privacy regulations.

 Conflict of interest: The author(s) declared no potential conflicts of interest with respect to the research, authorship, and/or publication of this article.

 Citation:

 Al-Azam MFM (2025). Extent of school self-management implementation from the perspective of secondary school principals in Irbid governorate. International Journal of Advanced and Applied Sciences, 12(7): 200-210

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