A Research Into The Construction Of The Headmaster's Accountability System

On the basis of the theory of principal-agent model, the headmaster's accountability system, a combination of supervision and accountability system, means that the headmasters must be forced to hold his main responsibility and bear the consequences by the specific subjects, when they have not fulfilled their own responsibilities, have abused their own powers in the charge of their duties or breached the statutory duties and obligations. To understand the system, we should differentiate it from its correlated system relations correctly to position it in a scientific way, and at the same time, we should realize the necessity of establishing the system and its positive role to the current society and the education.The Social Contract Theory, the Agent's Entrusts Theory, the Thought of Administrative Morals Responsibility as well as the Power and Responsibility Coordinated Theory are the theoretic basis of the establishment of the headmaster's accountability system. The related provisions in the "People's Republic of China Constitution" and "Voluntary Educational Method" form the legal foundation for the system. The relative policies, documents and rules formulated by various function departments in recent years provide the system with the needed policies. The explorations of how to eliminate the disadvantages of the Headmaster's Responsibility System, in addition to the Government's Accountability System and the Officials' Accountability System make the system practically plausible. It can be concluded from the above that the headmaster's accountability system is not a fancy, but on a solid foundation.The headmaster's accountability system, as a scientific and systematic administrative system, is of great strictness and logic. The construction of the headmaster's accountability system should consist of the following ones, such as, the main body, the object, the cause, the scope, the methods, the process and the guarantee of the Principal's Accountability System.The headmaster's accountability system and the present legal laws and regulations are friendly in the overall, which may be revealed as following: The main bodies of the headmaster's accountability system can cooperate positively when they are fully authorized, which make the administration feasible. The news media, the teaching and administrative staff, the guardian and other community members present their support and approval towards the headmaster's accountability system, which help the system to achieve positive social appraisals and public agreements. The current accountability systems provide it a better pattern to make it feasible in operation. Moreover, the current school education creates it a proper environment and the development of times also summoned to establish the headmaster's accountability system...