The leadership practice of setting directions in secondary schools in Mauritius

This study investigates the leadership practice of setting directions in secondary schools in Mauritius. This issue is important because nowadays there is a call for school leaders to be accountable. For this study, a questionnaire was distributed to school leaders (n=23) to see how they address this issue. The data was analysed through a framework based on the various concepts which have emerged from a review of the literature on setting directions. Findings show that most school leaders believe that that they are using the different strategies which are related to setting directions. Yet the author is of the opinion that school leaders have to be thorough about using all the strategies identified in the framework in order to be more effective and brings forward some suggestions could be used to better equip the school leaders for setting directions at school.