ASSESSMENT OF SCHOOL LEADERS’ ROLE TOWARDS DIGITAL ADVANCEMENT OF PUBLIC SENIOR SECONDARY SCHOOL IN ABUJA, FCT.

Abstract

This study examined assessment of school leaders’ role towards digital advancement of public senior secondary school in Abuja, FCT. The study adopted descriptive research design, two research questions and hypotheses were developed; descriptive research design was used. The population was 4,171 stakeholders while the sample size of 357 was determined by research advisors sampling table (2006). The study adopted simple random sampling technique in selecting 24 public senior secondary schools in six area councils in Abuja, FCT. The instrument used for the collection of data was a self-structured questionnaire titled, School Leaders’ Role Digital Advancement Questionnaire (SLRDAQ). The two instruments were made on a four-point rating scale of Strongly Agreed, Agreed, Disagreed and Strongly Disagreed, and were scored 4,3,2 and1 respectively. The reliability coefficient index of 0.85 was used. Data were analysed using frequency and percentage for the demographic variables. The hypotheses were tested using One-Way Analysis of Variance (ANOVA) at 0.05 mean score. Findings of the study revealed that, school leaders’ effective communication and supervision have relatively advanced digital skills in the performance of staff and students in teaching and learning process in public senior secondary schools in Abuja, FCT. It was recommended that; government should invest heavily in providing current technology like; AI-powered learning environments, Augmented Reality (AR) and Virtual Reality (VR), and Adaptive Learning (AL) for advancement of digitalization in public senior secondary schools in Abuja. Also, school leaders should collaborate with non-governmental organizations to organize workshops and seminars on the use of modern technologies and digitalized system of teaching and learning in public senior secondary schools in Abuja, FCT.