The Department of Educational Leadership streamlines M Ed Leadership and Management (both one year and two years), MPhil Educational leadership and PhD Educational Leadership. This department was established in 1998 with the aim of developing academic programmes related to educational leadership and management. The major objectives of this department are to produce researchers in educational leadership; critical and creative teachers and trainers for future educational leadership; transformative leaders and managers of educational programmes and institutions; educational entrepreneurs; and local value creators in educational leadership. The school of education is focusing on school effectiveness as one of its priorities, which is geared up by the department through engaging with school leaders in academic discourse, training, research works, and publications. The department focuses on strategic planning; project and programme designing and implementation; and evaluation and follow-up in the educational institutions for their growth and development.
There are the following programmes running under this department:
- PhD in Educational Leadership
- MPhil in Educational Leadership
- MEd in Leadership and Management
- One Year MEd in Leadership and Management
- Post Graduate Diploma in Educational Management (Updated as STEAM Leadership. Now runs in collaboration with the department of STEAM Education)
The department has played a crucial role in expanding academic programmes in the school. The department developed new programs like M Ed in Early Childhood Development (One Year), Post Graduate Diploma in Educational Management (One Year) and MEd, MPhil and PhD in School Counselling and Wellbeing. These programmes are now running independently in the new department and programmes unit. Hence the department is contributing to developing leaders and mid-level managers, which is also one of the thrusts of the school. This department has also made valuable contributions to the school through trainings and publications.
Graduate students have been engaging in educational institutions, research and development, training, publication, educational entrepreneurship, resource development and consultation. They have been performing their jobs as per the expectations of their department. Moreover, most of the graduates have been able to demonstrate exemplary leadership in the institutions they are engaged with.