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    RELATIONSHIP BETWEEN PRINCIPALS' MANAGERIAL SKILLS AND SCHOOL EFFECTIVENESS IN PUBLIC SECONDARY SCHOOLS IN ILORIN METROPOLIS, KWARA STATE
    (Department of Early Childhood and Primary Education, 2023-11-01) Olayiwola .G. Olorisade PhD, Hamed Olatunji Adam 3 & Rabiat Ladi Abdullahi
    Poor Academic performance has been observed in Kwara state secondary schools this result from inappropriate application of principals' managerial skills, lack of school discipline and unfriendly school climate. This study examined the relationship between principals' managerial skills and school effectiveness in public secondary schools in Ilorin metropolis. Descriptive research design of correlational type was adopted for the study. The population of the study comprised 4,067 teachers. Samples of 360 teachers was selected using stratified random sampling techniques. 1Principals' Managerial Skills Questionnaire (PMSQ) and School Effectiveness Questionnaire (SEQ) was used to collect data for the study. The PMSQ was appropriately validated, while reliability coefficient obtained was 0.92. Mean and standard deviation was used to analyze the research questions while inferential statistics of Pearson Product Movement Coefficient (PPMC) was used to test the hypothesis at a 0.05 level of significance. The findings of this study revealed among others that there was significance relationship between principals' managerial skills and school effectiveness based on school climate and school discipline (r= .393; p= 0.000<0.05; significant).. The study concluded that managing educational systems demands that school principals should possess adequate managerial skills. It was recommended that school principals who are not professional teachers should be encouraged by the policy makers to get at least a certificate in education in order to understand and master require managerial skills.