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Management is a highly inclusive and comprehensive term. It means much more than mere organization and administration. Educational Management is a complex human activity in which different resources, both men and material, are brought together and made available to accomplish the cherished goals of the organization. The general principles of management like planning, organizing, staffing, decision- making, coordinating and controlling, directing, reporting, motivating and budgeting are as important in educational management as is the case with any other enterprise. There must be optimal use of both human and material resources to realize the aims of education in general and the specific objectives in particular. Management of education thus implies the practical measures for ensuring the system to work for achieving the objectives of an educational institution. The role of a B.Ed. college Principal is an interpersonal one because he or she spends a lot of time interacting with teaching staff, the trainee teachers and office staff. This interpersonal role is very important for the B.Ed. college Principal in his managerial work. Three interpersonal roles namely the figure head, the leader, liaison officer, come from the formal authority and the status of the B.Ed. College Principal. In the present study the researcher has developed the Effective Functioning Rating Scale for assessing the effective functioning of principals as perceived by their B.Ed. college lecturers working in Rayalaseema Region of Andhra Pradesh. For the analysis of data mean, S.D, t-test and graphs have been used by the investigators in the present study. The results of the study concluded that the variables age group and educational qualifications of the B.Ed. college lecturers significantly differed in their perception about their Principals effective functioning of the colleges.