PRINCIPALS ETHICAL LEADERSHIP BEHAVIOUR ON ADMINISTRATION OF PRIVATE SECONDARY SCHOOLS FOR SUSTAINABLE NATIONAL DEVELOPMENT

Abstract

The study examined Private school Principals ethical leadership behaviour on administration of private secondary schools for sustainable National Development. The study adopted a descriptive survey design; three (3) research questions guided the study. The population of the study consists of 120 (One hundred and twenty)Private schools principals in Owerri Municipal Council.The entire population of 120 (One hundred and twenty)Private School principals were used as sample for the study. The study adopted a purposive sampling technique for this study. The instrument for data collection was a self-structured questionnaire titled Principals Ethical Leadership Behaviour on Administration of School Questionnaire (PSPELBASQ). The instrument adopted four-point scale of Very high extent to very low extent. The face and content validity of the instrument were done by two experts in measurement and evaluation and one expert from Educational Administration& Foundations.Cronbach Alpha reliability co-efficient method was used for reliability test which yielded reliability co-efficient of 0.81. Mean and standard deviation were used to analyze the research questions.  Findings revealed that principals’ ethical leadership behaviour on administration of private secondary schools for sustainable National development enhances the administration of secondary schools with respect to decision making, supervisory instruction and communication ethical leadership behaviours. It was recommended that Private secondary school principals should constantly display ethical leadership behaviour in the discharge of their administrative functions. This will help create a positive school climate which is an essential component for administration of schools.