School Plant Maintenance and Principals Administrative Effectiveness in Federal Unity Colleges in North West Nigeria
*1Abdulkadir Abubakar, 2Bashar Sa’adu Isa, 3S. D. Manga, and 4Usman Galadima
*1&2Department of Educational Management, Faculty of Education, Sokoto State University (SSU), Sokoto. Email: abubakr320@yahoo.com & mmbashar1984@gmail.com
3Department of Educational Foundations, Faculty of Education an Extension Services, Usmanu Danfodiyo University Sokoto
4Department of Science Education, Faculty of education, Sokoto State University, Sokoto
Abstract
The study investigated School Plant Maintenance and Principals Administrative Effectiveness in Federal Unity Colleges in North West Nigeria. The purpose of the study was to find out the relationship between School Plant Maintenance and Principals Administrative effectiveness in Federal Unity Colleges in North West Nigeria Three research objectives three research hypotheses were formulated for the study. The study employed a correlational survey design method. The population comprised 1,474, were made up 70, Administrative staff, 642 teachers , 14 school bursars, and 140 School security personnel of the 14 Federal Unity Colleges in North West Nigeria. A Samples of 429 was selected through proportionate stratified and sampling techniques for the study. A structured questionnaires based on five point Likerts rating scale School Plant Maintenance rating scale (SPMRS) and Principals Administrative Effectiveness rating scale (PAERS) were used for the study. The instrument were validated by three experts. The validity indexes were 0.8, 0.9 respectively while reliability indexes of 0.8 and 0.9 respectively were obtained using Cronbach alpha coefficient. Descriptive statistics of mean and standard deviation were used to answer the research questions while Pearson Product Moment Correlation (PPMC) was employed to test the null hypotheses at 0.05 level of significant. The Findings indicated that there is significant relationship between School Plant Maintenance and Principals Administrative Effectiveness in Federal Unity Colleges in North West Nigeria. Therefore, it is recommended among others that School Principals and teachers should emphasize on the maintenance of school fences, Classrooms, hostels as it to improve Principals Administrative Effectiveness in Federal Unity Colleges in North West Nigeria.
Keywords
School Plant Maintenance, Principals, Administrative Effectiveness, Unity Colleges
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