PRINCIPALS’ SCHOOL RECORDS MANAGEMENT PRACTICES FOR ADMINISTRATIVE EFFECTIVENESS IN PUBLIC SECONDARY SCHOOLS IN NJIKOKA LOCAL GOVERNMENT AREA OF ANAMBRA STATE.

Abstract

The study investigated impact of principal's school records management practices for administrative effectiveness in public secondary schools in Njikoka Local Government Area of Anambra State. Four research questions guided the study. The design of the study was descriptive survey. The population comprised fifty-six (56) principals from 42 State Government owned secondary schools in the Local Government Area. There was no sampling as the population was of manageable size. ‘Principal's School Records Management Practices for Administrative Effectiveness’ questionnaire (PSRMPFAE) was used for data collection. The instrument were validated by three experts from Department of Educational Management and policy and Department of Educational Foundations, Faculty of Education of Nnamdi Azikiwe University, Awka and the reliability coefficients were established to be 0.94 using Cronbach Alpha reliability. For the purpose of data analysis, mean and standard deviation were used to analyze the research questions. The findings of the study revealed among others that that principal’s record creation management practices affects their administrative effectiveness in public secondary schools in Njikoka Local Government Area of Anambra State. Based on the findings, it was recommended among others thatthe State Ministry of Education should organize annual capacity building programme in form of in-service training and refresher courses for principals to professional up-date their skills and knowledge of record creation practices.