Effective School Administration – Precursor To Achievement Of Educational Goals In Nigeria
Irene Uzezi Berezi, PhD Department Of Educational Foundations Niger Delta University, Wilberforce Island, Bayelsa State
Volume 4, Issue 1, April 2024
The research investigated the effectiveness of school administration as precursor to the achievement of educational goals in Nigeria. To achieve the objectives of the study, two research questions and two hypotheses were formulated to direct the study. The study adopted the descriptive research design and a sample size of 400 respondents comprising of 200 Lecturers and 200 Students were selected from different tertiary institutions in Imo State using the purposeful random sampling technique. A researcher-made questionnaire titled School Administration and Educational Achievement (SAEA) was used as the instrument for data collection. The instrument was subjected to face and content validation by two expert in educational administration and one expert in measurement and evaluation and it was pre-administered in Abia state university. The reliability estimate of the instrument was established through test-re-test reliability method giving a reliability index of 0.87. The mean and standard deviation were the statistical analysis technique adopted to answer the research questions while the z-test was adopted in testing the hypotheses at 0.05 level of significance. The result of the study revealed that effective school administration significantly related to the roles of school administrators and the various skills they engage with, in the achievement of educational goals in tertiary institutions in Nigeria. Based on the findings, it was recommended that school administrators should effectively play their roles in order to enhance academic achievement of students and achieve the stated goals of education in Nigeria.