چکیده (انگلیسی):

Community participation in planning and managing for increased educational opportunity is
necessary. To ensure the involvement of local community, the government of Pakistan
experimentally launched a scheme in 1994 by establishing School Management Committees
(S.M.Cs). The major purpose of the present study was to observe the functions and performance
of S.M.Cs in Promoting Education in Pakistan. The government schools of Punjab Province
were considered to be the target population. The study sample consisted of SMCs. of eight
government higher secondary schools, 34 government high schools and 34 government
elementary schools the Punjab. A survey-type study questionnaire was used to gather the data
which were collected and interpreted by using simple statistical techniques of percentage, mean,
standard deviation, and t-test. Tentative conclusions are drawn with regard to observations of
head teachers and memebrs of SMCs.