school principals recruited under the new recruitment process can appoint and dismiss the members of their school leadership team and propose the dismissal of up to of teachers in their school who have been poorly evaluated in the national teacher evaluation system at the same time this new framework has established a greater degree of accountability for school principals under the new recruitment process all school principals are appointed for a period of five years only after which they need to reapply this provides an opportunity to periodically reassess recognise and acknowledge wellperforming principals and to provide incentives for continuous development and improvement