COMPETENCY OF ADMINISTRATORS OF GOVERNMENT-AIDED RELIGIOUS SCHOOLS (GARS) IN EASTERN ZONE (KELANTAN, TERENGGANU & PAHANG) AND CENTRAL ZONE (PERAK, SELANGOR & WILAYAH PERSEKUTUAN)

ARSHAD, AB RASID and SHANUSI , AHMAD and LOKMAN , MOHD TAHIR (2012) COMPETENCY OF ADMINISTRATORS OF GOVERNMENT-AIDED RELIGIOUS SCHOOLS (GARS) IN EASTERN ZONE (KELANTAN, TERENGGANU & PAHANG) AND CENTRAL ZONE (PERAK, SELANGOR & WILAYAH PERSEKUTUAN). Jurnal Pengurusan dan Kepimpinan Pendidikan, 24 (02). pp. 109-130. ISSN 1511-4147

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Abstract

School administrators play an important role in determining the direction and effectiveness of the school. Therefore, they are required to equip themselves with all the necessary skills for effective school management. School administrators are viewed as architects (actors) that could propel the progress of the school based on management skills and knowledge of school organisation management in line with current educational developments. As such, competency aspects of the administrators in schools throughout the country should be emphasised, even more so for the Government-Aided Religious Schools (GARS) as newcomers under the Ministry of Education (MOE). A research on the competency of GARS Administrators will uncover training requirements for the administrators and improve the existing strengths in the schools. In addition, this research was designed to analyse whether the School Leaders’ Competency Instrument (KOMPAS) survey, designed by researchers from Institut Aminuddin Baki (IAB), has internal consistency and reliability. Therefore, confirmation factor analysis through Structural Equation Modelling construction methods was used to analyse the internal consistency of the questionnaire. A total of 348 GARS Administrators in the eastern and central zones were made respondents in the research. The research findings indicate that KOMPAS instrument has good internal consistency in measuring the competency of the GARS Administrators. In addition, the job satisfaction elements of the administrators were also studied by the researchers as an ancillary element of the research.

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