Staff Performance Appraisal System as a Tool for Systems Change in Technical Education

The paper stresses the importance of systems ,approach to problem-solving in technical education. Since the present system is under steady environmental pressure to improve its performance, planning for change in the system on the long range basis at all levels of functioning-national, regional, state, institute and the class- room level-is essential.

The paper explains how the systems concept could be used to design staff performance appraisal system linking it to staff development&through it the total educational systems development. The concept of system change cycle is introduced here.