Abstract
This study explored the personal and professional trajectories to school headship of five women heads, selected through snowball sampling, in a province of Pakistan. The data collected through semi-structured interviews revealed valuable insights into how women heads of schools experienced headships. The data revealed that women school heads faced challenging circumstances in traditional and conservative communities. These women took charge of the schools that faced lack of basic physical facilities, education office cooperation, and resistance from teachers in the way of positive change. Despite all these difficulties, these women remained firm, took the challenge with resolve and made a difference. Findings indicate commonalities of experiences in the stories of these women school heads. The study has important implications for stakeholders in the school level education in Pakistan.
Ahsan-Ur-Rehman, Muhammad Ilyas Khan, Iffat Ara Hussain. (2018) Courage, Determination and Resilience: Career trajectories of Women school heads in Pakistan, The Dialogue, Volume 13, Issue 2.
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