PRINCIPALS’ ADMINISTRATIVE TASK PERFORMANCE AND PUBLIC SECONDARY SCHOOLS' EFFECTIVENESS IN EDO STATE

Abstract

The study investigated principals' administrative task performance and public secondary schools' effectiveness in Edo state. Three research questions were raised; two were answered, while one was formulated into hypotheses and tested at 0.05 level of significance. This study was a descriptive research of correlational type. The population of the study comprises of all the three hundred and nine (309) principals from the three hundred and nine (309) public senior secondary schools in Edo State. A multi-stage sampling technique was used to select a sample of two hundred and sixteen (216) principals using the stratified sampling technique in the first stage and the simple random sampling technique in the subsequent stages. A questionnaire titled: “Principals' Administrative Task Performance and Schools' Effectiveness Questionnaire (PATPSEQ)” validated with a reliability coefficient of 0.81 was used to collect data from the respondents. The research questions were analysed using mean and standard deviation while hypothesis was tested using Pearson Product Moment Correlation Coefficient at 0.05 level of significance. The findings from the analysis of the study revealed that the level of principals' administrative task performance and the level of public secondary schools' effectiveness in Edo State is moderate and there is a positive and significant relationship between principals' administrative task performance and public secondary schools' effectiveness in Edo State. Based on the findings, the study recommended that the principals in public secondary schools in Edo state should be proactive, timely and dynamic in performing their administrative tasks to improve the school's effectiveness in the state.