Designing a Good Governance Model for the Khuzestan Department of Education and Assessing Its Implementability within the Current Structure
Keywords:
Governance, good governance, education organization, transparency, accountabilityAbstract
Purpose: This study aimed to design a good governance model for the Khuzestan Department of Education and evaluate the feasibility of implementing it within the current organizational structure.
Methodology: The research employed an exploratory mixed-methods design conducted in two phases. In the qualitative phase, data were collected through semi-structured interviews with experts and analyzed using thematic analysis, resulting in basic, organizing, and overarching themes. In the quantitative phase, a researcher-made questionnaire was developed from the qualitative findings, and its validity and reliability were assessed using standard psychometric indicators. Exploratory and confirmatory factor analyses and structural equation modeling were performed to validate the model. Finally, a one-sample t-test was used to evaluate the current status and feasibility of implementing the proposed model.
Findings: The qualitative findings yielded 72 basic themes, 35 organizing themes, and 10 overarching themes. Factor analyses indicated that all components demonstrated adequate and significant factor loadings, confirming the model’s validity. The feasibility analysis showed that only 11 out of the 35 components—such as supervision, performance evaluation, law-based governance, social and ethical responsibility, decentralization, educational enhancement, reducing inequalities, and improving infrastructural conditions—were above the acceptable threshold, whereas the remaining components fell below the mid-level benchmark.
Conclusion: The proposed model is theoretically and empirically robust, yet its full implementation in the current structure of the Khuzestan educational system faces substantial limitations and requires structural reforms, strengthened capacities, and improvement of key governance indicators.
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