Principal Administrative Effectiveness and Teachers’ Job Productivity in Secondary Schools in Ekiti State, Nigeria
Abstract
The study examined principal administrative effectiveness and teachers’ job productivity in Secondary schools in Ekiti State. It investigated the relationship between each of the principal administrative effectiveness (decision making, supervision, plant maintenance and principal administrative roles with the parents teachers association, (PTA.) The study employed the descriptive research design of the survey type. The sample for the study consisted of 640 respondents which include 600 teachers and 40 principals chosen from the 16 local government in the state using multistage sampling procedure. Two instruments “Principal Administrative Effectiveness Questionnaire (PAEQ) and Teachers’ Job Productivity Questionnaire (TJPQ) were used to collect data for the study. Data collected were analysed using simple percentage, mean and standard deviation, Pearson Product Moment Correlation and Multiple Regression. All hypotheses were tested at 0.05 level of significance. The findings of the study revealed that secondary school teachers’ job productivity in Ekiti State was good while decision making ,plant maintenance, supervision and principal administrative roles with parent teachers association were important factors that influenced secondary school teachers’ job productivity in Ekiti state. Based on the findings, it was recommended that principal should regularly involve the teachers in the effective, robust and timely decision making process for the attainment of organizational goal and enhance job productivity. Likewise, School principals should supervise the instructional process for enhanced teaching and learning activities in schools.
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