Principal Strategies for Effective Staff Administration in Secondary Schools in Owerri North Local Government Area Imo State

Principal Strategies for Effective Staff Administration in Secondary Schools in Owerri North Local Government Area Imo State

Chapter One

Objective of the study

The main objective of this study is assess the Principal strategies for effective staff administration in secondary Schools in Owerri North Local Government Area, Imo State. Specifically, the study aims

identify how principal strategies enhance effective administration in public secondary schools in Owerri North Local Government Area.
determine the benefits of principal strategies and effective administration in public secondary schools in Owerri North Local Government Area.
ascertain the challenges of principal strategies in public secondary schools in Owerri North Local Government Area

CHAPTER TWO

REVIEW OF LITERATURE

In this chapter, literature related to this study was reviewed under the following sub-headings: conceptual framework, theoretical framework, empirical studies and summary of literature reviewed.

Conceptual framework

Concept of Administrative Strategies

Administration is conceived as the art of getting things done through people. In a broader sense, it is the process of planning, organizing, leading and controlling the efforts of members of an organization/institution and using all the organizational/institutional goals and objectives. As stated by Osakwe (2015) is the allocation of resources and inputs for the purpose of producing output desired by the customers of an organization so that corporate objectives are accomplished. The interrelated activities and functions of administration include: planning, organization, leadership, control and development. These actions are normally carried out by individuals (managers, administrators, organizational/institutional stakeholders, government officials, etc) within the organization/institution to achieve organizational goals and objectives.

The strategies include proper and effective leadership, discipline, supervision, planning, delegation of duties, monitoring of staff and students activities, motivation of staff, establishment of channels of communication between themselves and their staff and identification of problems. School authorities/managers should also see that students receive adequate teaching and learning through the efforts of both academic and non-academic staff. They should create a conducive environment that will encourage staff and students to actively participate in all school activities, encourage cordial relationship between all categories of staff, and give valuable suggestions to their needs. It is against this background that this study examines the administrative strategies of departmental heads as determinants of effective management of human resources in tertiary institutions.

Concept of Performance

Performance is an active ingredient for the enhancement of academic activity in the secondary school system. The policy of management in this regards is to looks in depth, targeting values that involves sustainable planned efforts to increase performance through purposeful reflection actions. In particular, the ultimate goal is to enable the organization to grow stronger in achieving its purpose and mission that reflects on:

(a) Creating an environment for reform and capacity-building, organizational conditions for empowering staff;

(b) Influence service delivery systems;

(d) Finding ways of providing choice and harnessing the energies of all users of their service;

(e) Work to ensure cooperation between leaders across sectors;

(f) Ensure effective, efficient and frugal use and control of human, material and financial resources including appropriate and well-organized data and information for the delivery of the services (Edo,2016).

In the same vein, the researcher observed that in learning environment, productivity of academic staff is conceived in respect of the extent in which the course load is accomplished, increase in the rate of students’ achievement, engaging in guidance and counseling on issues that addressed and related to academic progress of the students, bringing innovation to challenging academic situation, advising and attending to students’ academic challenges, carrying out assigned tasks and responsibilities articulately and assiduously, engaging in research and publication that accelerates and enhances the image of the university. Others are: adequate planning of the scheme of work, participating, assisting and contributing to faculty and departmental projects, setting and conducting of examination proper manner.

CHAPTER THREE

RESEARCH METHODOLOGY

INTRODUCTION

In this chapter, we described the research procedure for this study. A research methodology is a research process adopted or employed to systematically and scientifically present the results of a study to the research audience viz. a vis, the study beneficiaries.

RESEARCH DESIGN

Research designs are perceived to be an overall strategy adopted by the researcher whereby different components of the study are integrated in a logical manner to effectively address a research problem. In this study, the researcher employed the survey research design. This is due to the nature of the study whereby the opinion and views of people are sampled. According to Singleton & Straits, (2009), Survey research can use quantitative research strategies (e.g., using questionnaires with numerically rated items), qualitative research strategies (e.g., using open-ended questions), or both strategies (i.e., mixed methods). As it is often used to describe and explore human behaviour, surveys are therefore frequently used in social and psychological research.

POPULATION OF THE STUDY

According to Udoyen (2019), a study population is a group of elements or individuals as the case may be, who share similar characteristics. These similar features can include location, gender, age, sex or specific interest. The emphasis on study population is that it constitute of individuals or elements that are homogeneous in description.

This study was carried out to examine the Principal strategies for effective staff administration in secondary Schools in Owerri North Local Government Area, Imo State. The population of the study consists of the principals (administrators) and vice principals in 24 senior secondary schools in Owerri North Local Government Area, Imo State with a population size of 72 principals and vice principals.

CHAPTER FOUR

DATA PRESENTATION AND ANALYSIS

This chapter presents and describes the result of this study according to research questions and hypotheses of the study.

CHAPTER FIVE

SUMMARY, CONCLUSION AND RECOMMENDATION

Introduction

This chapter summarizes the findings on the Principal strategies for effective staff administration in secondary Schools in Owerri North Local Government Area Imo State, selected secondary Schools in Owerri North Local Government Imo State as case study. The chapter consists of summary of the study, conclusions, and recommendations.

Summary of the Study

In this study, our focus was on the Principal strategies for effective staff administration in secondary Schools in Owerri North Local Government Area Imo State, selected secondary Schools in Owerri North Local Government Imo State as case study. The study is was specifically focused on identifying how principal strategies enhance effective administration in public secondary schools in Owerri North Local Government Area; determining the benefits of principal strategies and effective administration in public secondary schools in Owerri North Local Government Area; and ascertaining the challenges of principal strategies in public secondary schools in Owerri North Local Government Area.

The study adopted the survey research design and randomly enrolled participants in the study. A total of 72 responses were validated from the enrolled participants where all respondent are principals and vice principles in Owerri North Local Government Area, Imo State.

Conclusion

Based on this study, the following conclusions were drawn: The findings of this study had really shown that proper principal staff management strategy leads to educational improvement and also maintains the quality for which educational institutions are established. The influence of principal staff management strategy on effective administration includes knowledge updated, teacher motivation and effective teaching performance. Challenges of principal staff management strategies for effective administration in public secondary schools are; poor working conditions, poor salaries of staff, inadequate staff training, weak principal staff management, supervisory problems, irregular payment of workers‟ salaries and inadequate teaching facilities.

Recommendation

Based on the findings of this research, the following recommendations were made:

Government should redress the issues in management staff of public secondary schools for effective administration.
Government should organize awareness campaign to enlighten the principals on the benefits of principal staff management strategies.
More funds should be released to the school principals to tackle or handle the challenges of principal staff management strategies.
Government through the school management should provide adequate teaching materials for effective teaching and learning.

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