Influence Of Institutional Variables On Principals’ Administrative Effectiveness In Secondary Schools In Akwa Ibom State, Nigeria

ABSTRACT

This study examined the influence of institutional variables on principles Administrative Effectiveness in Secondary School in Akwa Ibom State. The researcher employed the descriptive research design. The population of the study consisted of 812 principles comprising of 452 males and 360 females in public secondary schools in Akwa Ibom State while a sample size of 365 respondents was determined using krejcie and Morgan table. Five research questions and five hypotheses guided the study. A structured questionnaire titled “Institutional Variable on Principles Administrative Effectiveness Questionnaire (IVPAEQ) was developed and used for data collection for the study. The instrument was face validated and the internal consistency of the instrument was established using Cronbach alpha statistic which yielded reliability coefficient index of 0.73 indicating that the instrument was reliable. Data collected were analyzed using means and standard deviation to answer the research questions while t-test was used in testing the null hypothesis at 0.05 level of significant. The findings of the study were that, institutional communication influences the effectiveness of principles in secondary schools; school size management influences the effectiveness of principals through supervising the academic activities among other. The researcher recommended that the study will guide the government and other stake holder to ensure adequate provision of institutional variables as well as helping other scholar‟s for further research among others.