The Institute for Educational Planning and Administration will run the following programme

for the 2019/2020 academic year:

Doctor of Philosophy Programme in Educational Leadership

The specific objectives for the PhD programme are:

• Provide graduates with important developmental supervisory knowledge and skills to successfully pursue school-wide instructional and learning goals.
• Prepare graduates to create professional learning communities in educational set ups.
• Equip graduates with requisite skills to conduct research to inform educational decisions and policies.
• Equip graduates with the skills to develop a school-community relations plan based on contextual school needs developed through appropriate assessment.
• Demonstrate generic leadership skills such as team building, critical friendship and reflective thinking.
• Exhibit competencies that will enable them to adopt research-based leadership practices as they assume leadership roles in educational institutions.
• Train graduates to demonstrate competence in research in the area of educational leadership.
• Equip graduates with the skills to explore educational leadership roles and challenges faced by educational institutions.
• Acquire skills in design, implementation and evaluation of leadership curriculum.

General Requirements

Applicants for direct entry into the PhD programme:

1. Research master’s degree in Educational Leadership, Educational Administration, Educational Planning, Administration in Higher Education
2. Non-research master’s degree with CGPA of 3.5 or better, with not more than one grade C+ or lower and B+ or better in Research Methods.

Progression

A successful applicant will be offered probationary admission as a Postgraduate Research Student for the first year. Students may progress to the second year (thesis phase) as PhD students after having satisfied the following conditions:

1. Taken and passed all required courses including academic writing (if not already taken)
2. Obtained a CGPA of 2.5 or better for MPhil candidates
3. Successfully defended a research proposal for the level (Master’s/Doctoral)

Duration of Programmes

The PhD programme shall normally extend over six semesters (three academic years) and shall consist of two parts.  The first part of each programme shall consist of the course work which will take one academic year (two semesters).  On successful completion of the first part and on the recommendation of the Department’s Committee of Graduate Studies, a student may proceed to collect materials for the writing of his/her thesis which shall be a requirement for the award of the PhD Degree.

Full-time PhD students shall be required to complete all requirements within two years (6 semesters) and part-time students shall be required to complete all requirements in four years (8 semesters).