SCHOOL-BASED MANAGEMENT: PRACTICES AND CHALLENGES IN SECONDARY SCHOOLS OF KHARTOUM STATE, SUDAN

School based management (SBM) is a reform adopted in many countries to empower schools, and to transfer of decision-making power on management issues to the school level. Therefore, this study sought to investigate the practices of school based management in secondary schools, and to identify the challenges that facing the implementation of school based management in secondary schools. To meet the study' purpose, the descriptive research design was followed. A developed questionnaire was used to collect data from teachers in secondary schools. Descriptive statistics and one sample t-test were used for data analyses. The findings showed that the school based management was practiced in secondary schools of Khartoum state with its different items. There are challenges hindering the practices of school based management in secondary schools of Khartoum state. Based on the study's findings, the study recommended enhancing the ways to practice the areas of school based management in secondary schools. The necessity to exert efforts to overcome the challenges that hindering the practices of school based management in secondary schools.