ORIGINAL RESEARCH article
Front. Educ.
Sec. Leadership in Education
Volume 10 - 2025 | doi: 10.3389/feduc.2025.1629071
Electronic management implementation by school principals and impact on administrative and technical performance in Riyadh
Provisionally accepted
- King Khalid University, Abha, Saudi Arabia
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Introduction This research investigates the electronic management systems in the secondary public schools in Riyadh and their impact on administrative and technical performance. Objectives This study aims to determine the extent to which principals of public schools in Riyadh have implemented electronic management to enhance the educational process. It also seeks to explore the role that the implementation of electronic management by principals has played in improving the administrative and technical performance of public schools in Riyadh. Methods This study used a cross-sectional survey design to assess 412 purposively selected principals from secondary public schools in Riyadh using a structured, self-administered questionnaire based on a five-point Likert scale. Validity was ensured through expert review, and reliability was confirmed with a high Cronbach's alpha (0.968). Data were analyzed using SPSS and Python (Google Colab) with statistical tests and machine learning (Random Forest Regressor) to examine the relationship between e-management implementation and school performance.The results indicated that the principals showed moderate levels of e-management implementation and were increasingly using digital tools for most of their operational tasks. Conceptually, the research contributes to the increasing body of literature in digital transformation in education through defining parameters, online resources, digital communication tools, and automated workflows, to enhance performance. It also makes public institutions recognize the immediate need to adopt electronic management in the school system to improve efficiency in operation, decisionmaking, and local adaptability to dynamic technological changes.The results indicate that public schools have a continued lack of investment in digital infrastructure and leadership training, and public schools risk falling behind global educational standards..
Keywords: administrative task, Educational system, Electronic management, Electronic tools, Information Technology
Received: 15 May 2025; Accepted: 06 Aug 2025.
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* Correspondence: Mofareh Alkrdem, King Khalid University, Abha, Saudi Arabia
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