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The study presents one of the ways by which school improvement plan which is a road map that sets out the changes a school needs to make to improve the level of student achievement and shows how and when these changes will be made. School improvement plans are selective; they help principals, teachers and school management board answer the questions “what will we focus on now” and “what will we leave until later. It was found out that curriculum delivery, school environment and parental involvement are significant relationship with school improvement and transformation system. Based on the findings and their implications, Recommendations were made as appropriate.
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To Cite this Article: Oladapo, O. S. A., Dada, R. M., & Serifat, A. F. (2016). School Improvement and Transformation System, in Lagos State Senior Secondary School Principals’ Planning Approach. International Journal of Academic Research in Progressive Education and Development, 5(2), 84–92.
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