Exploring The Relationship Between School Culture And Teachers' Performance

The purpose of the study was to find out the effect of school culture on teachers’ performance in public and private secondary schools in Khyber Pakhtunkhwa, Pakistan. The population of the study comprised 197 public and private secondary schools in District Charsadda Khyber Pakhtunkhwa province. A representative sample of 118 schools was selected through a stratified sampling technique to get principals’ perceptions about school culture and four students from each selected school useda homogenous sampling technique to rate their teachers. Two separate questionnaires were used to collect data from principals and students about school culture and teachers’ performance respectively. Inferential statistics wereused to analyse data. The findings of the study revealed that the distribution of authority is the most important dimension of school culture that affects teachers' performance followed by collaboration and recognition. The study concluded that there was no significant difference in the school culture of public and private secondary schools in district Charsadda.