Central leadership is important for schools to succeed. Effective principals develop outstanding schools by creating a shared vision, motivating teachers, and managing change. While educational leadership shares similarities with corporate leadership, such as setting goals and influencing others, schools differ in that they aim to develop students' knowledge and emotions rather than produce uniform outputs. Future schools will need to focus on inclusion, sustainability, and reducing competition to make learning less stressful. They will undergo structural changes and move beyond traditional assessments to more open, technology-enabled evaluations. Schools must become learning organizations that collaborate and accept new ideas to prepare students for a fast-changing world.

1. Leadership and Future Schools Presentation by Ashok Ganguly Chairman, CBSE