EMBRACING DIGITALIZATION IN SECONDARY SCHOOL PERSONNEL MANAGEMENT BY PRINCIPALS FOR ENHANCING EFFICIENCY AND PRODUCTIVITY IN ENUGU STATE, NIGERIA.

Abstract

The study centered on embracing digitalization in secondary school personnel management by principals for enhancing efficiency and productivity in Enugu State, Nigeria. Two research questions and two hypotheses were used for the study. 298 principals stood for the population of the study which comprised 214 males and 84 females. The population was not sampled due to its adequacy. The instrument for data collection was a 20 item structured questionnaire titled ‘’Embracing digitalization in secondary school personnel management questionnaire” (EDSSPMQ). The instrument was face and content validated by three experts; two from the Department of Educational Management and one from measurement and evaluation unit of Mathematics and Computer Education Department, all from Faculty of Education, Enugu State University of Science Technology(ESUT), Agbani, Nigeria. Cronbach Alpha method was used to test the internal consistency of the instrument which yielded .78,.76 with the overall reliability index of .77. The research questions were answered using mean with standard deviation. The hypotheses, however were tested using t-test statistic at .05 significant level. The findings of the study notably revealed that digitalization strategies used by principals in Enugu State secondary schools enhance staff efficiency and productivity to a high extent. According to the results the researchers specifically recommended that principals should continually embrace training on digitalization for expertise and updates.