Learning, teaching and learning are integrally connected.
Leadership can play a key role in improving learning outcomes of
learners by setting strategic direction and goal, influencing
teachers’ and facilitators’ behaviors and motivations,
mobilizing resources and support for institutional development
and keeping teachers/facilitators and learners focussed on
teaching and learning through monitoring, support and guidance,
Effective learning is the outcome of effective leadership.
Education systems should have appropriate policies and
programmes to develop educational leaders who embrace /learning’
at the core of their leadership role, what is referred to as
learning leadership. The hallmark of good leadership in
education is to take responsibility and accept accountability
for learning. Educational leaders have traditionally focussed on
management roles such as planning, budgeting, scheduling,
maintenance of facilities, teacher evaluation, etc. Research in
education has shown that a particular type of leaders