Comprehending Accountability and Educational Learning Outcomes

Abstract

Accountability, as a concept, has percolated through multi-layers of educational services. School management is drawn towards fabricating accountability strategies for imparting education that reflects on meaningful achievements. Teachers act as the primary source of imparting education and skills to the students. Ensuring the quality of education becomes an essential factor in the provision of adequate learning outcomes of students. The study tries to understand accountability with multiple perspectives in school systems. It analyses teachers’ accountability as a systemic input and its contribution to promoting quality education and elevating student’s learning outcomes at the school level. It reflects on identifying the existing gap in the literature and the attributes of accountability in the Indian context