TIME MANAGEMENT STRATAGIES ADOPTED BY PRINCIPALS FOR EFFECTIVE ADMINISTRATION OF SECONDARY SCHOOLS IN IMO STATE

Abstract

The study is an empirical study that used the survey design to examine time management strategies adopted by principals for effective administration of secondary schools in Imo state. the population of the study is 852 teachers from the 63 public secondary schools in Owerri, Imo State. The researchers made use of a questionnaire titled "Time Management Strategies Adopted by Principals for Effective Administration Secondary School Scale" (TMSAPEASSS) for the teachers on a four (4) point scale. The instrument was validated and found reliable with an index of 0.88. In analyzing the data for the study, mean score statistic was used to answer the
research questions and independent z-test statistic was used to test the hypotheses at a significant level of (0.05). The result of the study revealed that teachers agreed that their principals arrive on time to prepare for daily work, is able to complete tasks without interruptions, devote time to administrative work, create time to oversee the academic work of students, schedule time for classroom visitation, attend to visitors, takes time in meetings, follow up delegated works and make effort to keep in touch personally with staff. Based on the findings, the researchers recommended among others that head teachers should ensure that they give adequate time to school morning assembly so as to equip students with moral values and orientation and should always give, priorities to core administrative duties in their time allocation