Relationship between Headmasters’ Managerial Strategies and School Effectiveness in Primary Schools in Wamakko Local Government Area of Sokoto State, Nigeria
1Muhammad Abidah
Department of Science Education, Faculty of Education, Sokoto State University, Sokoto
2Bello Musa
Department of Educational Foundations, Faculty of Education, Sokoto State University, Sokoto
3Haliru Shehu
Department of Educational Foundations, Faculty of Education, Sokoto State University, Sokoto
4Muhammad Zaki Ayuba
Department of Guidance & Counseling, Faculty of Education, Nasarawa State University, Keffi
Abstract
This study examines the Relationship between Headmasters’ Managerial Strategies and School Effectiveness in Primary Schools in Wamakko Local Government area of Sokoto State, Nigeria. The study intends to cover public primary schools in Wamakko Local Government Area. There were 79 primary schools in the area of study with population of 1010 teaching staff and 79 headmasters’. A total number of 278 teaching staff through proportionate random sampling technique and 15 headmasters were selected through purposive sampling technique to participate in the study. Two research questions were raised and answered. Two validated instruments titled “Headmaster Questionnaire (HQ) and Teaching Staff Questionnaire” (TSQ) were used for data collection. The Pearson Product Moment Correlation was the major statistical tool employed for data analysis. Findings in relation to headmasters’ responses indicated that a positive relationship exists between headmaster organizing, directing, supervising, controlling and communicating of teaching staff and school effectiveness. The study revealed that in teachers’ responses there was significant relationship between extents to which headmaster was organizing, directing, supervising, controlling and communicating of teachers and school effectiveness. It is recommended among other things that primary school headmasters should at least have degree in education and must have years of experience in classroom teaching and appointment and posting of headmasters in the state should be based on merit. Conclusively, the effectiveness of a schools relies to a great extent on the headmaster’s duties in organizing teaching staff to achieve the goals of education, the more proper appointments of a competent person as a headmaster in primary schools, the more realistic the achievement of educational goals.
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