Unveiling Teachers’ Leadership Potential for Students’ Achievements: Unlocking Success through the Learners’ Influx

Abstract

Teachers are the prominent pillars of societies who play a catalytic role in a classroom by applying their social locus of control and pedagogic discussion beliefs in the classroom. Their concern is to impart instructions and inspire the students to obtain better achievement scores. This research was an attempt to find out the exact potential of teachers’ leadership used to apply in acquiring students’ educational achievement scores on a sample of randomly selected 666 secondary school students, District Lahore, Punjab province of Pakistan. The administration of standardized instruments, categorized a charismatic, ideological, and pragmatic leaders, assisted the researchers in collecting the data from the participants. Moreover, the researchers obtained students’ educational achievements from the BISE, Lahore, based on students’ enrollments. Findings of study indicated that teachers’ leadership significantly enhances students’ academic achievement across grade levels. Regression results confirmed a strong positive association between leadership and achievement, suggesting that effective leadership behaviors foster better learning outcomes. Hierarchical regression highlighted pragmatic leadership as the most influential factor, emphasizing teachers’ practical and adaptive decision-making in improving student performance. Results of ANOVA revealed significant differences across Science, Arts, and Computer Science students' achievement scores, with higher grades showing improved achievement. Findings suggest that both leadership quality and grade progression contribute meaningfully to students’ academic success through improved motivation, engagement, and instructional support. There is a dire need to reduce teachers’ duties, which is a hurdle to inculcating their skills and leadership potential. When the teachers remain focused on their teaching-learning process, it enhances students' educational achievements, a cause of concern for the stakeholders.

Keywords: Educational Achievements, Leadership Potential, Public Sector, Secondary Level