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This study aims at identifying the role of school administration in enhancing the dimensions of international education among secondary school students in the southern governorates of Palestine and ways to activate them. To achieve the objectives of the study, the researcher used the descriptive approach and its analytical method. The actual study sample consisted of (382) male and female students, or approximately (0.53%) of the total study population that consisted of (71,757) male and female students. It was selected by random sampling method. The researcher used a questionnaire consisting of (53) items distributed among five areas, and an interview with specialists and experienced people to present the proposed ways to activate the role of school administration in enhancing the dimensions of international education. To analyze the data, the SPSS statistical analysis program was used. The most important findings of the study: 1) The degree of the school administration's role in enhancing the dimensions of international education among secondary school students in the southern governorates of Palestine was medium, with a relative weight of (63.4%). 2) There are statistically significant differences between the mean scores of estimations of the members of the study sample for the role of school administration in enhancing the dimensions of international education among secondary school students in the southern governorates of Palestine attributable to the ‘gender’ variable for all fields in favor of females except for the fields of human rights, and international understanding where there are no differences. There are differences in the ‘educational stage’ variable in favor of the eleventh, with the exception of the areas of tolerance and international understanding where there are no differences. 3) There are no statistically significant differences between the mean scores of estimation of the study sample members for the role of school administration in enhancing the dimensions of international education among secondary school students in the southern governorates of Palestine attributable to the variable of the ‘academic branch’ for all fields, and the variable of the ‘Directorate of Education.’ 4) Presenting a set of suggested ways to activate the role of school administration in enhancing the dimensions of international education among secondary school students in the southern governorates of Palestine. The most important recommendations of the study: 1) Activating the role of supervision units in the Palestinian Ministry of Education to develop teacher preparation programs to include courses and activities in international education so that teachers can apply these concepts. 2) Incorporating the dimensions of international education into schools' development plans so that it does not become a stand-alone goal, but rather linked to the school's hidden improvement programs and plans. (Author’s abstract)