PRINCIPALS’ COMMUNICATION PATTERNS AS CORRELATES OF ADMINISTRATIVE EFFECTIVENESS IN SECONDARY SCHOOLS IN ANAMBRA STATE

Abstract

This study investigated principals’ communication patterns as correlate of their administrative
effectiveness in public secondary schools in Anambra State. Two research questions guided the study
and two hypotheses were tested at .05 level of significance. Correlation research design was adopted
for the study. The population was 5,214 participants comprising 264 principals and 4,950 teachers in
public secondary schools in Anambra State. Proportionate stratified random sampling technique was
used to draw the sample for study. Structured questionnaires were used for data collection. The
instruments were face and construct validated. The researcher administered 341 copies of the
instruments were administered to the respondents with the help of two research assistants using direct
method. and retrieval. Data were analyzed using Pearson Product Moment Correlation Coefficient while
the p-value was used to determine the significance of relationship at 0.05 significant levels for all
hypotheses. The results among others revealed that there is relationship between principal
communication patterns and their administrative effectiveness in public secondary schools in
Anambra.It was recommended among others that Anambra State Ministry of Education should
regularly organize training programmes for principals and teachers on modern communication methods.