Extent of Principals’ Provision of Effective Leadership in the Management of Secondary Schools in Anambra State

Abstract

This study determined extent of Principals’ provision of effective leadership in the management of public secondary schools in Anambra State. One research question guided the study and one null hypothesis was tested at 0.05 level of significance. The descriptive survey research design was adopted for the study. From a population of 5512 a sample of 1313 participants made up of 263 principals and 1050 teachers was drawn using multi-stage sampling procedure. A self-designed questionnaire titled “Principals’ Provision of Effective Leadership Questionnaire (PPELQ) was used for data collection. The instrument was validated by two experts from the Department of Educational Management and Policy and one expert from the Department of Educational Foundation (Measurement and Evaluation) all in the Faculty of Education, Nnamdi Azikiwe University. Internal consistency coefficient of 0.88 was obtained for the questionnaire using Cronbach’s Alpha method. Data were analyzed using mean for the research question and t-test for the hypothesis. The p-value was used to determine the significance of difference at 0.05 significant level. The result revealed that Principals to a high extent ensure that effective leadership is provided in public secondary schools in Anambra State. Based on the findings, the study recommended among others that for Principals to ensure greater effective leadership in the management of their schools, they should always supervise school programmes and their implementation. Principals should also optimally utilize available human and material resources to improve all areas of the school.