PRINCIPALS DIGITALIZATION OF SCHOOL RECORD FOR EFFECTIVE ADMINISTRATION IN PUBLIC SENIOR SECONDARY SCHOOL IN PORT HARCOURT METROPOLIS, RIVERS STATE

Abstract

The study examined Principal’s digitalization of school record for effective administration in public senior secondary schools in rivers state. Two objectives, two research question and two hypotheses were used for the study. The study adopted descriptive survey research design. The population of the study is 105 principals (68 males and 37 female) in 35 public senior secondary schools in Port Harcourt Metropolis which consist of Port Harcourt and Obio/Akpor Local Government Areas in Rivers State. Three (3) principal which include the main-principal, vice-academic and vice-administration principals were selected from each secondary schools in Port Harcourt Metropolis. The census sampling technique was used, which ensured that every member of the population participated in the study. The instrument was a self-structured questionnaire titled, Principals Digitalization of School Records for Effective Administration Questionnaire, validated by experts in Departments of Measurement and Evaluation and Educational Management. Cronbach Alpha was used to establish the reliability of each cluster of the instrument which gave reliability indexes of 0.81 and
0.83. Mean and standard deviation were used to answer the research question, while the hypotheses were tested using the z-test statistical tool at 0.05 level of significance. Result showed that computer and cloud storage are the main digital in school record for effective administration in public senior secondary schools in Rivers State. Base on the findings of the study it was recommended among others that teachers should be trained by school principals on how to use cloud storage for data accessibility and mobility from any location in the world.