Policy is generally an intent, a set of rules and principles, adopted for ease of governance within an organisation. It is fundamentally important for organisations to have implementable policies, as it forms a linking pin between the school management, teachers, students, parents, and the rule of law. An organisation without policy is an organisation without control.

If there are no formal policies, then organisation staff at any level would have no guidance on how to make right consistent decisions. Imagine, a parent approaches a teacher, and requests to view her child’s answer script. If the school has no proper policy on Assessments, the choice on whether to show the answer paper might depend upon which teacher she spoke to, or whether the teacher she speaks to is having a bad day. In short, an absence of policy leads to inconsistency of decision making.