Principals’ Application of Administrative Competencies for Effective Management of Secondary Schools in Awka Education Zone of Anambra State

Abstract

This study investigated the principals’ application of administrative competencies for effective management of secondary schools in Awka Education Zone of Anambra State. The study was guided by two research questions. Descriptive survey research design was adopted for the study. The population for the study consisted of 1,338 teachers from all the 61 public secondary schools in Awka Education Zone. Stratified random sampling technique was used to draw 152 teachers for the study. A duly validated instrument titled ‘‘Administrative Competencies Scale (ACS)’’ was used for data collection. Cronbach Alpha was used to establish the reliability of the instrument which yielded reliability co-efficients of 0.84 and 0.85 for clusters B1 and B2 respectively with an overall coefficient of 0.85. Data collected were analyzed using mean and standard deviation. The findings of the study revealed among others that principals apply instructional leadership competency for effective management of secondary schools in Awka Education Zone. Based on the findings, it was recommended among others Ministry of Education should collaborate with relevant stakeholders to enhance principals’ instructional leadership strategies through intensive and annually seminars, workshops and conferences.