Researcher Nasr Najeeb Khoury, a student in the doctoral program in Educational Administration, has defended his dissertation titled: “The Role of Arab School Principals in Caring for the Psychological and Social Security of Secondary School Students, North of the Green Line, and its Relationship to Community Fitness, and Building a Strategy to Develop it, as Perceived by the Principals and the Psychological Advisors”
The study gap was to identify the role of Arab school principals in caring for the psychological and social security of secondary school students in Arab schools in northern Green Line and its relationship to social fitness. Also, it was to build a strategy to develop this role as perceived by school principals and psychological advisors.
The results showed that the role of school principals in caring for the psychological and social security of secondary school students in Arab schools north of the Green Line was high, and that it had an impact on developing the level of social fitness among secondary school students.
The research also showed that school principals and psychological advisors, regardless of their gender, agree on the necessity of caring for the psychological and social security of secondary school students in Arab schools north of the Green Line.
The researcher recommended the necessity of adopting the proposed perception to activate the role of school principals in caring for psychological and social security and social fitness, and applying this to the secondary school completion certificate (tawjihi), with a standing (a grade), in addition to holding courses for teachers and students on psychological and social care and social fitness. The Ministry of Education should adopt the training of psychological advisors to practice the principles of psychological and social care and social fitness in all its aspects.
The dissertation was supervised by Dr. Khaled Qarwani. The committee of examiners included Dr. Hossam Al-Qasim, Dr. Munira Al-Sharman, and Dr. Mohammad Salha.