in the case of school leaders they play dual leadership roles an external one in which their partners are school owners and an internal one in which they lead the instructional programme of their schools the internal role of school leader is treated in the section on school improvement a possible response could eventually be the consolidation of smaller municipalities as finland has already done but this is beyond the scope of this report or a rationalisation of schooling responsibilities in the current governance structure it calls for the directorate to ensure that every municipal and county education official and the school leaders of all lower secondary schools have the capacity to work together to deliver the country s agenda