Abstract

• The purposes of this study are to study the principals’ leadership practices in Basic Education High Schools, North Okkalapa Township, Yangon Region. Quantitative and qualitative methods were used in this study. The 319 teachers were used as participants from 6 Basic Education High Schools by using purposive sampling method. A questionnaire for teachers' expectations and perception on principals’ leadership practices was used for this study. The reliability coefficients (Cronbach's alpha) were 0.91 for teachers’ expectations and 0.92 for teachers’ perception on principals’ leadership practices. Descriptive statistics was used to analyze the data. According to findings, the level of teachers’ expectation on principals’ leadership practices in Basic Education High Schools was very high (Mean=4.21). Moreover, the level of teachers’ perception on principals’ leadership practices in Basic Education High Schools was high (Mean=4.11). The mean value of teachers’ expectation on principals’ leadership practices in School E is a little higher than other schools. The mean value of teachers’ perception on principals’ leadership practices in School E is a little higher than other schools. So, it is observed that little differences are formed between teachers’ expectation and teachers’ perception on principals’ leadership practices among schools. It can be assumed that the principals almost equally perform all these five tasks of principals’ leadership practices.