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Better Headmasters Lead to Better Students?

Sameer Sampat, Co-Founder, Global School Leaders | Cheryl Ann Fernando, Country Director, Global School Leaders

01-Jun-17 15:00

Better Headmasters Lead to Better Students?

Based on research showing that having effective school principals drastically improve students’ learning outcome, Sameer Sampat pioneered a curriculum focused on training school leaders in India called the India School Leaders Institute. Sameer explains why he is taking this model abroad with the organization he co-founded called Global School Leaders. Joining him is Cheryl Ann Fernando, a Teach for Malaysia alumnae and the country director of Malaysia for Global School Leaders, tells us why she is confident this is something that can work in the Malaysian context.


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