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  In this article, an effort has been made to emphasis on the head teacher role and responsibilities. The head teacher is like the mirror of the school. It means that if the head of the school will be qualitative person, then his school will also be qualitative in the field of education and other co-curricular activities. Head of the institution should have good qualities because head is model for teachers, students as well as for the members of society. The headteachers’ role is to promote academic performance. The success of what is done in the school is attributed to the head teacher. He or she is the axle around which many aspects of the school revolve, being the person in charge of every detail of running the school, be it academic or administrative. School examinations make a difference to student achievement and the head teachers’ leadership is one factor determining that success. It is therefore important that the performance of a school is considered beside the performance of the one who leads it. This paper observes the role and responsibilities of headteachers of public schools in attaining school and educational goals. The paper recommends among other things that headteachers need to improve on their knowledge and skills in school and financial administration through learning and experience, and they must be effectively monitored, supervised. The findings of the study showed that headteachers used quality improvement measures, teamwork and ensured That the staff was well established as organizational skills that influenced academic achievement. The Head teachers were also involved in academic activities by observing and checking the students’ and teachers’ work, monitoring students’ discipline and helping in eradicating cheating in examinations. [next] It has been rightly said that school become great, not because the splendid building, but because of the magnificent head teacher. The effectiveness and efficiency of the school largely depends on the ability and skill, personality and profession competence of the head teacher. RYburn, said that “The Principal holds the key position, in a school just as the captain of a ship holds a key position on a ship”. P.C. wern, states that “What the main spring is to the watch, the fly- wheel to the machine or the engine to the steam, the principal is to the school”. Dr. Jaswant Singh says that “The Principal of a school is the hub of the educational process. On his competence and skill as a good and useful educational leader varies on the success of a school system” Mohiuddin Sultan, has rightly said that” No school can succeed, if the teachers in it work as individuals and not as a group. But just as every group needs a leader, so also, a school must have a leader who would inspire and direct its work. Balkrishan Joshi,” By virtue of his office he mu