RELATIONSHIP BETWEEN PRINCIPALS’ SCHOOL SUPERVISION AND EFFECTIVE SCHOOL ADMINISTRATION IN PUBLIC SECONDARY SCHOOL IN RIVERS STATE, NIGERIA

Abstract

The study investigated relationship between principals’ school supervision and effective school administration in public secondary schools in Rivers State. Two research questions and two hypotheses guided the study. The study adopted correlational research design with a population of 286 principals in public secondary schools in Rivers State. The sample of 143 was drawn using simple random sampling technique representing 50% of the population. Two instruments titled Principals’ Supervision Scale (PSS) and Effective School Administration Scale (ESAS) were used for data collection. The instruments were validated by three experts in the relevant areas. The internal consistency reliability coefficient of 0.78 and 0.83 were computed for PSS and ESAS through Cronbach Alpha. Linear regression was used to answer the research questions while t-test was used to test the null hypotheses at 0.05 level of significance. Based on the findings of this study, the researcher concludes that there is significant relationship between principals’ supervision and effective school administration in public secondary schools in Rivers State. Specifically, it was concluded that there is high extent of significant relationship among principals’ instructional supervision, personnel supervision and effective school administration in public secondary schools in Rivers State, Nigeria. The researchers recommended that the school principals should always have routine instructional supervision taking into cognizance the effective classroom management strategies, lesson preparation and delivery as well as class interaction. The principals should identify through personnel supervision those that are very efficient and effective in their tasks areas in order to assign them as mentors of others who may be underperforming in the school