Constraints to Principals Administration Effectiveness in Secondary Schools in Delta State, Nigeria

Abstract

The study investigated the Constraints to principals' administration effectiveness in secondary schools in Delta state. To guide the study, four research questions were raised and four hypotheses formulated for the study at a significance level of 0.05. The design of the study was the descriptive survey which permits the description of conditions as they exist in their natural setting. The population of the study comprised all the 448 secondary school principals in delta state. The sample size for the study was one hundred and twenty (120) principals using the random sampling techniques. The instrument for data collection was a questionnaire developed by the researcher. Data analysis was done using mean and standard deviation to answer the research questions and z-test to test the null hypotheses at an alpha level of 0.05. The result of the study among others showed that: , there is no significant difference between the mean perception of urban and rural principals on staff personnel administrative constraints to principals administrative effectiveness in secondary schools, there is a significant difference between the mean perception of urban and rural principals on facilities and equipment constraints to principals administrative effectiveness in secondary school,. , there is no significant difference between the mean perception of urban and rural principals on funding constraints to principals administrative effectiveness. It equally indicated that there is no significant difference between the mean perception of urban and rural principals on funding constraints to principals administrative effectiveness. Based on the result, it was recommended that state government should provide adequate funds to the secondary schools for the principals to effectively administer the school and, also state government should make provision for adequate facilities and equipment in secondary schools.