Principals’ Administrative Behaviour in Nigerian Secondary Schools: Challenges and Remedies
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Principal, administrative behavior, secondary school, Nigeria
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The principal administrative behavior serves as a motivator whose
effectiveness in school business requires focus and commitment.
Actualizing the organization goal often poses severe challenge to
administrators. This paper is therefore designed to examine the various
challenges facing principals’ administrative behavior in Nigerian secondary
schools. The paper focuses on concept of principal administrative behavior,
school principals’ tasks in the realization of educational aims, factors
hindering principals’ administrative behavior in school administration,
relevance of principals’ administrative behavior in school administration.
Based on this, it was recommended that conferences, seminars and
workshops and other staff development programs should be sponsored by
the government to serve as motivational strategies for secondary school
principals. Also, persistent change in educational policies should be guided
against by the government to ensure consistency in educational system.
Government should endeavor to provide to schools the educational
resources which will improve principals’ administrative behavior
effectively and efficiently.
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programme of the All Nigerian Conference of Principals of Secondary Schools
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Agom, M. E. (2015). An investigation of problems facing secondary school principals in Enugu
educational zone. Unpublished B. ed. Thesis, UNN.
Agosto, D. E. (2002). Bounded rationality and satisficing in young people's Web-based decision
making. J. Am. Soc. Inf. Sci. Technol, 15(2),16-
27. http://dx.doi.org/10.1002/asi.10024 N.
Ajayi, I. A. (2012). Performance analysis of secondary education system in Nigeria. Journal of
Contemporary Issues in Education, 1(1), 95—105.
Akabuogu, A. (2015). Women as school administrators. New York: Mcgraw-Hill Book
Company.
Alimo-Metcalfe, B. & Alban-Metcalfe, J. (2015). Leadership: Time for a new direction?'
Leadership,1(1), 51-71.
Allix, N. M. (2010). Transformational leadership: democratic or despotic? Educational
Management and Administration, 28(1), 7-20.
Arikewuyo, M. O. & Onanuga, P.A. (2015). Efficiency in school administration, In S.Y.
Erinosho, M.O. Arikewuyo and B.J. Ogunkola (Eds), Issues in School Organisation (pp.
17-32). Lagos: African Cultural Institute.
Asogwa, V. C., Onah, O., & Gideon, N. M. (2020). Administrative strategies for motivating
teachers and students of agricultural science towards academic performance in senior
secondary schools in Abia State, Nigeria. International Journal, 6(2), 364-370.
Ayodele, J. B. (2012). The perception of secondary school teachers on the impact of external
supervision. Journal of Educational Foundations and Management, 2, (1), 35—42.
Cerlistle, H.M. (2015). Management: Concepts and situations. Chicago. Science Research
Associates.
Chinenye, T. C. (2020). Extent of principals’ application of transformational leadership practices
for administrative effectiveness in public secondary schools in Anambra state. IJAR, 6(3),
29-34.
Evers, F.T., Rush, J.C. & Berdrow, I. (2018). The bases of competence: Skills for lifelong
learning and employability. SanFrancisco, CA: Jossey-Bass.
Eja, M. A., Ele, A. A., Egbonyi, R. C., & Ido, D. E. (2020). Principals’ innovative leadership
practices and effective school supervision in Ikom Education Zone of Cross River State,
Nigeria. American International Journal of Nursing Education and Practice, 1(1), 35-49.
Gunawan, I., Bafadal, I., Nurabadi, A., & Prayoga, A. G. (2020, November). Identification of
Themes in the Moral Debate Program as an Effort to Increase Work Integrity of
Principal. In 2nd Early Childhood and Primary Childhood Education (ECPE 2020) (pp.
24-28). Atlantis Press.
Ibukun, W. O. (2011). The roles of the Nigerian secondary school principal today and in the next
millennium. In D. Ajayi and S. Ibitola (eds) Effective management of secondary schools:
the principal’s challenge. Ibadan: Adeose Publications. 1—8.
Javid, M. A., & Al-Hashimi, A. R. (2020). Significance of attitudes, passion and cultural factors
in driver’s speeding behavior in Oman: application of theory of planned
behavior. International Journal of Injury Control and Safety Promotion, 27(2), 172-180.
Jaiyeoba, A. O. and Atanda, A. I. (2013). Quality sustenance in Nigerian educational system:
challenges to government. Jos: M. P. Ginac Concept Ltd.
Liebowitz, D. D., & Porter, L. (2019). The effect of principal behaviors on student, teacher, and
school outcomes: A systematic review and meta-analysis of the empirical
literature. Review of Educational Research, 89(5), 785-827.
Maduabum, M. A. (2014). Occupational stress factors among secondary school principals.
International Journal of Educational Planning and Administration, 1(1),17—27.
Nwankwo, J. I. (2011). Educational administration: Theory and Practice. New Delhi. Vikas
Publishing House, India.
Obi, E. (2014). Issues in educational administration. Enugu. Empathy International
Obidoa, M. (2016). Enhancing the instructional supervisory skills of principals of secondary
schools. Principals Year Book. A publication of All Nigerian Conference of Principals of
Secondary Schools (ANCOPSS). Nsukka, Nigeria: Moke Social Publishers.
Obiukwu, K. (2013). The functions of personnel management. A paper presented at the staff
development center, Enugu. March, 10.
Ocho, L. O. (2010). The purpose of education and the place of the principal in the realization of
aims. In C. Nweze (ed.) Capacity building of junior secondary school principals on
school administration and management in Ebonyi state. Ebonyi State Universal Basic
Education Board, Abakaliki.
Ojo, K. (2012). Administration and management of secondary education in Ekiti State—our
experiences and anxieties. In D. Ajayi and S. Ibitola (eds) Effective management of
secondary schools: the principal’s challenge. Ibadan: Adeose Publications. 9—20.
Omemu, F. (2017). Relationship between Principals Administrative Strategies and Student
Disciplinary Problems in Secondary School, Bayelsa State. Journal of Education and
Practice, 8(5), 100-104.
Omoregie, N. (2015). Re-packaging secondary education in Nigeria for great and dynamic
economy. Paper presented at the 2nd Annual National Conference of Association for
Encouraging Qualitative Education in Nigeria (ASSEQEN). 9th—11th May.
Ozigi, A. C. (2014). A hand book on administration and management. London and basin stoke.
Macmillan publishing co.
Ozigi, W. A. (2018). “Assessing the impact of education: development of life experience
survey”. Journal of consulting and clinical psychologogy, 48, pp. 252-321.
Robinson, J. (2010). Training teachers to be principals. The Ontario principal’s council
registrar, 2(4) 23-26.
Sergiovanni, TJ. (2016). The prinipalship: A reflective practice perspective(5thed.). Boston:
Pearson.
Si, H., Shi, J. G., Tang, D., Wu, G., & Lan, J. (2020). Understanding intention and behavior
toward sustainable usage of bike sharing by extending the theory of planned
behavior. Resources, Conservation and Recycling, 152, 104513.
Uyanga, R. E. (2017). The principal and education reform agenda of the Nigerian economic
empowerment development strategy (NEEDS) and the millennium developmental goals
(MDGs). A publication of the Mandatory Continuing Professional Training (MCPT)
programme of the All Nigerian Conference of Principals of Secondary Schools
(ANCOPSS). 94—102.
Williams, H.S. (2016). An evaluation of principal interns performance on the interstate school
leaders licensure consortium standards. National Forum of Educational Administration
and Supervision Journal, 26(4),1 –22.
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