International Science Community Association International Research Journal of Social Sciences 2319 - 3565 2 5 2013 May 14 A Descriptive Study on the Challenges faced by a School Principals 39 40 EN Seena Abraham 1 Department of social work, Sree Sankaracharya University of Sanskrit, Kalady, Kerela, INDIA Borkotoky Kakoli 1 2 International Institute for Population Sciences (IIPS), Mumbai, INDIA Unisa Sayeed 2 Department of Mathematical Demography and Statistics, IIPS, Mumbai, INDIA Manjunatha S. 1 Research Scholar, Dos in Sociology, University of Mysore, Mysore, INDIA Chakraborty Meghadeepa 1 Tata Institute of Social Sciences, Mumbai, INDIA Neelam Ms. 1 Institute of Technology and Management, Aligarh, UP, INDIA Badgujar Preetika 1 Dept. of Human Development and Family Studies, College of H. Sc., MPUAT, Udaipur, INDIA Joshi Priti 2 Dept. of Human Development and Childhood Studies, Lady Irwin College, DU, Delhi, INDIA > Short Communication 2013 4 29 2013 May 14 The present study aimed to explore the kind of challenges a principal faces and how she goes about meeting them. To understand the challenges of leadership in different schools, three types of schools were selected. The sample comprised five schools out of which two were government, two were private and one was an aided school. The total numbers of principals interviewed were five. An interview schedules was formulated and used for interviewing principal. Various issues like qualities of a principal, kind of challenges a principal faces, strategies a principal uses to resolve problems, administration, the balancing act etc were investigated. Copyright@ International Science Community Association