TAILIEUCHUNG - Autonomy and accountability in modern school management

This article contributes to discuss the concept of autonomy and accountability, the principles and the content of them in educational institutions. | RESEARCH, EXCHANGE AUTONOMY AND ACCOUNTABILITY IN MODERN SCHOOL MANAGEMENT DANG THANH HUNG * Email: nga21151@ Abstract: In the field of educational management, autonomy and accountability have certain principles and specific content, which can’t be conformed arbitrarily. This issue is discussed quite a lot, but the theory seems to be unclear, while a limited range of practical experience does exist, especially in public education sector. This article contributes to discuss the concept of autonomy and accountability, the principles and the content of them in educational institutions. Keywords: Autonomy, self-responsibility, accountability, management, modern school. Issue raised/ Introduction Autonomy and accountability are critical issues in school management. Though being well-addressed in Vocational Education and Training (VET sector), these issues remain unsolved at higher education level. Nonpublic schools can decide their “autonomy and accountability” on their own while public schools face many difficulties in doing that. Before delving into the solutions to address these issues, we should clarify the definition of autonomy and accountability, what principles to follow these issues and in which fields do these issues exist? These are the questions that have been asked a long time ago but received little consideration. 1. Autonomy and accountability . Autonomy In Vietnamese dictionary, “autonomy” is defined as the right of self-government without any control from outside, . independent pathway [8]. This is the common definition of the term although it is not totally exact when saying “without any control from outside”. In many documents, “autonomy” is explained as the right of someone/something to control his/her/its own tasks and it is the way “autonomy” is defined in English. However, this way of defining is not a scientific description of the term. What and who allows people to be autonomous and have such rights? In which aspects .

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