RELATIONSHIP BETWEEN PRINCIPALS’ WORKLIFE AND THEIR ADMINISTRATIVE EFFECTIVENESS IN SECONDARY SCHOOLS IN ENUGU STATE

Volume : (9), Issue : 02, November - 2022

Abstract : The purpose of this study was to determine relationship between principals’ areas of worklife and their administrative effectiveness in public secondary schools in Enugu  State.  Three  research  questions  guided  the  study  and three hypotheses tested at 0.05 level of significance.  The correlational research design was adopted for the study. The population of the study comprised all the 291 principals of secondary schools in Enugu State. The entire population of 291 principals was studied and there were no sampling for the study.   Two instruments namely “Principals’ Areas of Worklife Questionnaire (PAWQ) and “Principals’ Administrative Effectiveness Questionnaire (PAEQ) were used for data collection. The instruments were duly validated by experts, two from the Department of Educational Management and Policy and one from the Department of Educational Foundations, all from the Faculty of Education, Nnamdi Azikiwe University, Awka. Cronbach Alpha was used for the reliability test. This yielded reliability indices of 0.86, 0.83 and 0.84, three parts of PAWQ with an overall coefficient of 0.84, while 0.85 was obtained for the PAEQ.   The reliability indices were considered high enough  for  the  study.    The  research  questions  were  answered  using  Pearson Product Moment Correlation Co-efficient (r) while the hypotheses were tested at 0.05 level of significance, using t-test statistic. It was found that there is a positive and significant relationship between principals’ workload, job control and reward system and their administrative effectiveness in secondary schools in Enugu State. The researcher recommended that Enugu State Government and Post Primary Management Board of secondary schools should appoint qualified principals who can cope with the enormous workload for effective administration, while learning facilities should be upgraded to reduce workload implementation and improve students’ academic performance in secondary schools. In addition, Enugu State Government should try to ensure that principal’s job control and security is taken seriously to help principals become more committed to their job.

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