MANAGERIAL SKILLS AND ADMINISTRATIVE EFFECTIVENESS OF PRINCIPALS IN KWARA STATE SECONDARY SCHOOLS, NIGERIA

Authors

  • K. O. SULYMAN Department of Educational Management, Faculty of Education, University of Ilorin, Ilorin
  • F. M. ALOBA Department of Educational Management, Faculty of Education, University of Ilorin, Ilorin
  • B. O. ALAO Department of Educational Management, Faculty of Education, University of Ilorin, Ilorin
  • O. J. OJO Department of Educational Management, Faculty of Education, University of Ilorin, Ilorin
  • T. B. JIMOH National Examinations Council, Kwara State Office

Keywords:

Principals’ managerial skills; Planning skill, and Administrative effectiveness

Abstract

This study examined managerial skills and administrative effectiveness of principals in Kwara State
secondary schools, Nigeria. The descriptive research design of survey type was adopted. The population
of the study comprised all the 8,613 teachers in the entire 317 Kwara State secondary schools. A multi-
stage sampling technique was used for the study. Cluster sampling technique was used to group Local
Government Areas (LGAs) in the State into senatorial districts. A random sampling technique was used to
select two LGAs from each of the senatorial districts, while six secondary schools were randomly selected
from each of the selected LGAs. A random sampling technique was used to select 10 teachers from each
of the sampled schools to make a total of 360 respondents. Principals’ Managerial Skills Questionnaire
(PMSQ) and Administrative Effectiveness Questionnaire (AEQ) were used to collect data for the study.
The PMSQ and AEQ were validated and found to be reliable with reliability coefficients of 0.78 and 0.72
respectively. Pearson’s Product Moment Correlation was used to test hypotheses at 0.05 level of
significance. The findings of the study revealed that there was a significant relationship between
principals’ managerial skills and administrative effectiveness in Kwara State secondary schools, Nigeria
(r=0.629, p<0.05). The study concluded that principals’ managerial skills are very key to the
actualisation of administrative effectiveness in Kwara State secondary schools, Nigeria. Based on the
findings and conclusion of the study, it was recommended that Kwara State government should be
dedicated to the provision of periodic and regular managerial skills acquisition programmes for
secondary school principals through seminars, conferences, workshops, seminars and public lectures, to
continually improve their ability to properly plan, organise and supervise school activities towards
enhancing administrative effectiveness.

Published

2021-03-15

Issue

Vol. 3 No. 1 (2021)

Section

Articles