Example of governance in school

The governance of educational institutions has a large impact on student and teacher success by defining and regulating relationships both within schools as well as between schools and outside agencies

Institutional rules and policies determine how educators train and operate, and ultimately determines how students learn

Three broad approaches to educational governance were identified, Old Public Administration, New Public Management and Organisational Learning

This section of the paper sought to detail these approaches and a few of their implications for school leaders

Good governance in education requires enabling conditions: the existence of standards, 1 Equity in access to education is not discussed in this paper

information on performance, incentives for good performance, and, arguably most importantly, accountability (Box 1)