PERCEIVED FACTORS INFLUENCING THE ADMINISTRATIVE JOB PERFORMANCE OF SECONDARY SCHOOLS PRINCIPALS IN EGOR LOCAL GOVERNMENT AREA OF EDO STATE

ABSTRACT

The study analyzed the perceived factors influencing the administrative job performance of secondary school principals in Egor Local Government area of Edo State with respect to sex of principals, location and size of school. Five (5) research questions were raised for the study out of which three (3) hypotheses were formulated. The study adopted the descriptive survey research design. A multi-stage sampling technique was used to select the 112 registered teachers who formed the sample of the study. A questionnaire titled “Perceived Factors Influencing the Administrative Job Performance of Principals Questionnaire (PFIAJPPQ)” was used for the study. It was self designed, built around the research questions by the researcher and validated by the researchers’ supervisor. Its reliability was established at 0.87 using Cronbach alpha method. The demographic data was presented in frequency tables and analyzed using percentages. Research questions 1 and 2 were analyzed using mean, standard deviation, mean-percent and rank order respectively while hypotheses 1-3 were tested using t test statistics for two independent samples at 0.05 level of significance. Findings revealed that: the level of administrative job performance of secondary school principals in Egor Local Government Area was high with an aggregate mean of 3.09.; principals’ administrative job performance is negatively influenced in the discharge of the following duties: stimulation and provision of opportunities for staff professional growth, planning for the improvement of community life and resolving the classroom problems of teachers; level of administrative job performance differs between male and female principals; also perceived factors influencing secondary schools principals’ administrative job performance differs in urban and rural schools while no significant difference exist in the factors influencing secondary schools principals’ administrative job performance in large and small schools. It was recommended that the government should organize compulsory periodic refresher courses, seminars, workshops and conferences for principals in order to update their knowledge in the area of school job administration and management especially with regards to supervision of staffs and school public relations to improve on the job. Strategies to aid principals in-service or training should be vigorously emphasized in such programme; would be principals should also be incorporated into the programme.