Setting Priorities and Managing Paper Works as Correlates of Principals' Administrative Effectiveness in Ekiti State Secondary Schools

The study examined setting priorities and managing paper works as correlates of principals’ administrative effectiveness in Ekiti State secondary schools. The descriptive survey research design was adopted in this study. The population of this study consisted of all principals in 203 public secondary schools in Ekiti State. The sample which consisted of 30 principals and 600 teachers were selected through multi-stage sampling procedure from 30 public secondary schools in Ekiti State. Setting Priorities and Managing Paper-works Questionnaire (SPMPQ) and Principal Administrative Effectiveness Questionnaire (PAEQ) were used to collect relevant data for the study. The face and content validity of the instruments (SPMPQ and PAEQ) were ascertained. The reliability of the instruments SPMPQ and PAEQ was determined through the test re-test method in two secondary schools outside the sampled area. A co-efficient value of 0.82 was obtained for SPMPQ while 0.79 was obtained for PAEQ. The research question was answered using descriptive statistics. Hypotheses 1 – 2 were tested using inferential statistics of Pearson Product Moment Correlation (PPMC) at 0.05 level of significance. The findings of the study revealed that the level of principal administrative effectiveness in Ekiti State secondary school was moderate.  It was further revealed that setting priorities and managing paper works will positively improve administrative effectiveness of principals in secondary schools. It was recommended among others that school principals should set priorities in dealing with administrative issues. The more important ones should always be treated before the less important issues.

Keywords: Setting Priorities, Managing Paper Works, Principals, Administrative Effectiveness,