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Research Paper | Education Management | Mauritius | Volume 12 Issue 1, January 2023
Mauritius: Portrait of a Visionary School Leader. The Principal in the 21st Century
Abstract: This research is about what constitutes a visionary school leader. We go back to the traditional principal, his characteristic and what prevent him from becoming a visionary leader. We find that there has been a traditional way of organising leadership which is hierarchical, top - to - bottom and has rendered principals generally autocratic. This is the case in Mauritius. But, since the beginning of this century, there has been a shift in paradigm. It has been found that a shared, distributed leadership is able to change the atmosphere of a school and impact positively on the performance of students. A principal as effective as he tries to be, cannot turn himself into a visionary leader if the structure of the school does not allow him to do so. We have drawn up the portrait of a visionary leader in Mauritius and shown that others cannot reach that level only because they are denied the possibility, because of the organisation of the school.
Keywords: Educational Leadership, School Leadership, Educational Leadership and Management, Educational Leadership Styles, School Heads and Principals Leadership Styles
Edition: Volume 12 Issue 1, January 2023,
Pages: 807 - 811