CONTEMPORARY MANAGERIAL PRACTICES ADOPTED BY PRINCIPALS FOR EFFECTIVE ADMINISTRATION OF PUBLIC SECONDARY SCHOOLS IN ANAMBRA STATE

Abstract

The study examined contemporary managerial practices adopted by principals for effective administration of public secondary schools in Anambra State. Four research questions guided the study. Descriptive survey research design was adopted for this study. The population of the study comprised 268 principals in public secondary schools in Anambra State. All the 268 principals were used for the study due to relatively manageable size of the population. The instruments for data collection was a structured questionnaire titled: ‘‘Principals’ Contemporary Managerial Practices Questionnaire (PCMPQ) which was organized in clusters. Internal consistency of the instrument was determined using Cronbach Alpha which yielded a reliability index of 0.83. A total of 268 copies of the questionnaires were distributed and properly filled and successfully retrieved. The data were analyzed using mean and standard deviation to answer the research questions, while t-test was used to test the hypotheses. The findings of the study revealed that motivational and communication practices are adopted by principals for effective administration of public secondary schools in Anambra State. It also revealed that principals do not adopt contemporary digital supervisory practices for effective administration of public secondary schools in Anambra State. Based on the findings, it was recommended among others that, Post Primary School Service Commission, should provide training for school administrators, on the use of digital tools to enhance digital literacy.