RELATIONSHIP BETWEEN PRINCIPALS' MANAGERIAL SKILLS AND SCHOOL EFFECTIVENESS IN PUBLIC SECONDARY SCHOOLS IN ILORIN METROPOLIS, KWARA STATE
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Date
2023-11-01
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Department of Early Childhood and Primary Education
Abstract
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.