Educational governance and its role in improving the efficiency of educational management

Abstract

This paper also analyzed the effects of the application of an educational governance program on the performance of educational management in a sample of secondary schools in Baghdad by the use of a quasi-experimental pretest–posttest study design with a control group. Four schools (two experimental and two control) were used in the sample. The measurement of educational governance was conducted through a structured questionnaire, while management efficiency was measured through quantitative performance indicators, including processing time in administrative transactions and stakeholder satisfaction. The findings indicated that the overall governance mean of the experimental group increased from (3.06) (pre-intervention) to (3.74) (post-intervention), compared to a slight increase in the control group from (3.08) to (3.15). Furthermore, the processing time in the experimental group decreased to (3.8) days, compared to (5.6) days, while stakeholder satisfaction improved to (4.0). In contrast, the change in the control group was minimal. Correlation analysis revealed a strong positive relationship between educational governance and management efficiency (r = 0.84). These results confirm that educational governance represents an effective organizational practice in enhancing school administrative performance by improving transparency, accountability, standardization, and the overall quality of services provided to stakeholders