Author(s): Taher bin Hashem bin Muhammad Al-Ahmad, Ahmed Ben Sulaiman Bani Murtada, Ram C. Bhujel
This study aimed to find out the required administrative, technical and human competences for school leaders in light of the Self-management in Al-Ahsa Governorate in the Kingdom of Saudi Arabia, to achieve the objectives of the study, the descriptive survey approach was used, a questionnaire was developed as a study tool to collect data, where it included three main sections: Technical competences , administrative competences , human competences , the study sample consisted of 191 school leaders for all academic levels. The study concluded that the highest arithmetic mean was in the ranking of the competences sections (human competences with an arithmetic mean of 4.29, followed by the section of administrative competences with an arithmetic mean of 4.27, and finally the section of technical competences with an arithmetic mean of 4.24). The human competences also were with a “strongly agree” degree, and the item “deals with workers with respect.” ranked first, and the arithmetic mean for all dimensions of the administrative competences section required for school leaders in light of self-management were with a “strongly agree” degree, and came after the organizing in the first place, the technical competences section also ranked a “strongly agree” degree, and the item "He is continuously updated about the school leadership” The study concluded several recommendations, most notably: to give more towards decentralization and decision-making for school leaders, and the development of the administrative and technical competences of leaders of self-management and high school education through a set of training programs during the service.