It's wrong for parents to reject head teachers on flimsy excuses

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Every organisation uses performance management. On the teachers' ability to perform in the education sector, learners' performance is the most outstanding tenet that is used to measure teachers' ability. The problem is, most parents and stakeholders only address teachers' performance at the tail-end of the learning process instead of creating an environment that motivates and involves teachers to do outstanding work.

When learners excel, teachers are lauded. When performance is low and unsatisfactory, teachers are blamed. There is need to establish a performance monitoring structure in which parents have a clear role to play so that both blame and praises are shared among all players. Parents forget that the very purpose of teacher performance monitoring in which they are involved is to prevent serious problems and promote positive, cohesive, embracive workforce behaviours that drive productivity and success.