The study
was carried out to determine the relationship between Demographic Variables and
Administrative Effectiveness of Secondary School Principals in South South,
Nigeria. The population consisted of all the 6487 principals and vice
principals (administration) of public and private government approved secondary
schools from six South South states of Nigeria namely Akwa Ibom, Bayelsa, Cross
River, Delta, Edo and Rivers states. The sample was
362 respondents (principals and vice principals (administration) drawn from the
three South South states of Akwa Ibom, Cross River and Delta. This was
determined using multi-stage sampling procedure. Six research questions
were asked and six null hypotheses were formulated and tested at 0.05
significant level to direct the study. Data collection was carried out with the
use of two sets of researcher-developed questionnaire titled “Demographic
Variables Questionnaire (DVQ) and Principals’ Administrative Effectiveness
Questionnaire (PAEQ). The instruments were validated and trial tested using the
test retest reliability measure using Pearson Product Moment Correlation
Statistics. This gave a reliability coefficient of 0.81 and 0.83 respectively.
The research questions were answered using Pearson Product Moment Correlation,
while the null hypotheses were tested using Linear Regression. The result
indicated significant relationships between the variables. Findings on the
research questions indicated positive relationships between school ownership,
school type, school location, school size, school climate, school mapping and
administrative effectiveness of secondary school principals in the South South.
More so, the results of the hypotheses testing revealed that principals’
administrative effectiveness in South South, Nigeria relate significantly with
school ownership, school type, school location, school size, school climate and
school mapping. This led to the retention of the null hypotheses. On the basis
of this, it was concluded that demographic school variables viz school
ownership; School type, school location, school size, school climate and school
mapping are positively related to administrative effectiveness of secondary
school principals in South South, Nigeria. It was recommended among other
things, that as government takes care of the public secondary schools, they
should equally make provisions for private schools to ensure general effective
administration of schools by the principals. Besides, government should ensure
adequate supervision of the activities of principals in all schools. This is to
make all principals sit up to their duties to achieve effective school
administration in all schools irrespective of the school type.
BASSEY, B (2022). Demographic Variables And Administrative Effectiveness Of Secondary School Principals In South South Nigeria. Mouau.afribary.org: Retrieved Dec 23, 2024, from https://repository.mouau.edu.ng/work/view/demographic-variables-and-administrative-effectiveness-of-secondary-school-principals-in-south-south-nigeria-7-2
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BASSEY, BASSEY. "Demographic Variables And Administrative Effectiveness Of Secondary School Principals In South South Nigeria" Mouau.afribary.org (2022). Accessed 23 Dec. 2024. https://repository.mouau.edu.ng/work/view/demographic-variables-and-administrative-effectiveness-of-secondary-school-principals-in-south-south-nigeria-7-2