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European Journal of Education Studies, May 14, 2021
This work investigated extending e-administration capabilities for safe school management using I... more This work investigated extending e-administration capabilities for safe school management using ICT peripheral devices in Ebonyi State. Specifically, it investigated the ICT peripheral devices available to principals of public and private secondary schools in Ebonyi State and the extent they use these peripheral devices in extending the functionality of e-administration platforms for managing safe school in the face of growing insecurity in secondary schools in Ebonyi State. Two research questions guided the study and two null hypotheses were tested at 0.05 level of significance. Descriptive survey research design was adopted for the study. The population was 350 principals, while multistage sampling procedure was adopted to sample 120 principals (60 public and 60 private secondary school principals). A 10-item questionnaire which was divided into two parts was used to collect data for the study. Kuder-Richardson 21 and Cronbach's Alpha method were used to establish the reliability for the two parts of the questionnaire and the reliability coefficients obtained were 0.98 and 0.87 respectively. Data analysis was done using frequencies and percentages for research question one, while mean was used for research question two. X 2 and t-test were used to test Ho1 and Ho2 respectively at 0.05 level of significance. Findings indicated that all the five ICT peripheral devices were not available in public secondary schools, but one of the five ICT peripheral devices was available in private secondary schools. Finding from Ho2 indicated that there was no significant difference between the mean ratings of public and private school principals on the extent to which they apply ICT peripheral devices to extend the scope of their e-administration platforms in secondary schools in Ebonyi State.
European Modern Studies Journal, 2021
The study examined the ethical leadership practices adopted by principals for goal attainment in ... more The study examined the ethical leadership practices adopted by principals for goal attainment in public secondary schools in Anambra State Nigeria. Four research questions guided the study and four hypotheses were tested at 0.05 level of significance. A descriptive survey research design was adopted for the study. The population of the study consisted 6,382 teachers in 261 state government owned secondary schools in the six education zones of Anambra State. A sample size of 638 consisting 192 male and 446 female teachers was drawn using multi-stage sampling procedure. A researchers' developed instrument titled "Principals' Ethical Leadership Practices Questionnaire" (PELPQ) structured on a four point scale and validated by three experts was used for data collection. The internal consistency of the instrument was ascertained using Cronbach's Alpha and this yielded reliability coefficients of 0.81, 0.86, 0.79, and 0.77 for the four parts of PELPQ and 0.81 for the entire instrument. Of the 638 copies of the instrument administered, 630 were retrieved and used for the analyses. Mean rating was used to analyze the research questions and t-test for testing the hypotheses. The findings of the study indicated that principals of public secondary schools in Anambra State adopt climatic, communicative, behavioural and decisional ethical leadership practices for goal attainment. Based on the findings, it was recommended that agencies controlling secondary education in the state such as the Ministry of Education and the Post Primary School Service Commission (PPSSC) should create an avenue through which principals who adopt ethical leadership practices in the schools will be encouraged. It was also recommended that secondary school principals should be trained to enable them display ethical leadership practices in the discharge of their administrative functions. This will help create a positive school climate which is an essential component for secondary school goal attainment.
Zenodo (CERN European Organization for Nuclear Research), Sep 21, 2022
This study ascertained class control skills possessed by teachers for enhancing quality teaching ... more This study ascertained class control skills possessed by teachers for enhancing quality teaching and learning in public secondary schools in Anambra State. To this end, the study was guided by one research question and one null hypothesis tested at a 0.05 level of significance. A descriptive survey research design was adopted for the study. The population consisted of 6,350 teachers in the 257 State-owned secondary schools in the State. A sample of 672 teachers was drawn using a multi-stage sampling technique. Data were collected using a questionnaire titled "Teachers' Class Control Skills Questionnaire" (TCCSQ). The questionnaire was validated by three experts two in Educational Management and one in Measurement and Evaluation. An internal consistency reliability index of 0.79 was obtained for the instrument using Cronbach's Alpha method. Data analysis was done using mean and t-test. The findings revealed that teachers adopted four of the six listed classroom control skills for quality teaching and learning. There is no significant difference between the mean ratings of male and female teachers on their class control skills for quality teaching and learning in Anambra State. Based on the findings, the researchers recommended that training programs in the form of workshops and seminars be organised by the State government regularly to refresh and sharpen teachers' class control skills in order to achieve quality education in the State.
European Journal of Education Studies, May 14, 2021
This work investigated extending e-administration capabilities for safe school management using I... more This work investigated extending e-administration capabilities for safe school management using ICT peripheral devices in Ebonyi State. Specifically, it investigated the ICT peripheral devices available to principals of public and private secondary schools in Ebonyi State and the extent they use these peripheral devices in extending the functionality of e-administration platforms for managing safe school in the face of growing insecurity in secondary schools in Ebonyi State. Two research questions guided the study and two null hypotheses were tested at 0.05 level of significance. Descriptive survey research design was adopted for the study. The population was 350 principals, while multistage sampling procedure was adopted to sample 120 principals (60 public and 60 private secondary school principals). A 10-item questionnaire which was divided into two parts was used to collect data for the study. Kuder-Richardson 21 and Cronbach's Alpha method were used to establish the reliability for the two parts of the questionnaire and the reliability coefficients obtained were 0.98 and 0.87 respectively. Data analysis was done using frequencies and percentages for research question one, while mean was used for research question two. X 2 and t-test were used to test Ho1 and Ho2 respectively at 0.05 level of significance. Findings indicated that all the five ICT peripheral devices were not available in public secondary schools, but one of the five ICT peripheral devices was available in private secondary schools. Finding from Ho2 indicated that there was no significant difference between the mean ratings of public and private school principals on the extent to which they apply ICT peripheral devices to extend the scope of their e-administration platforms in secondary schools in Ebonyi State.
European Modern Studies Journal, 2021
The study examined the ethical leadership practices adopted by principals for goal attainment in ... more The study examined the ethical leadership practices adopted by principals for goal attainment in public secondary schools in Anambra State Nigeria. Four research questions guided the study and four hypotheses were tested at 0.05 level of significance. A descriptive survey research design was adopted for the study. The population of the study consisted 6,382 teachers in 261 state government owned secondary schools in the six education zones of Anambra State. A sample size of 638 consisting 192 male and 446 female teachers was drawn using multi-stage sampling procedure. A researchers' developed instrument titled "Principals' Ethical Leadership Practices Questionnaire" (PELPQ) structured on a four point scale and validated by three experts was used for data collection. The internal consistency of the instrument was ascertained using Cronbach's Alpha and this yielded reliability coefficients of 0.81, 0.86, 0.79, and 0.77 for the four parts of PELPQ and 0.81 for the entire instrument. Of the 638 copies of the instrument administered, 630 were retrieved and used for the analyses. Mean rating was used to analyze the research questions and t-test for testing the hypotheses. The findings of the study indicated that principals of public secondary schools in Anambra State adopt climatic, communicative, behavioural and decisional ethical leadership practices for goal attainment. Based on the findings, it was recommended that agencies controlling secondary education in the state such as the Ministry of Education and the Post Primary School Service Commission (PPSSC) should create an avenue through which principals who adopt ethical leadership practices in the schools will be encouraged. It was also recommended that secondary school principals should be trained to enable them display ethical leadership practices in the discharge of their administrative functions. This will help create a positive school climate which is an essential component for secondary school goal attainment.
Zenodo (CERN European Organization for Nuclear Research), Sep 21, 2022
This study ascertained class control skills possessed by teachers for enhancing quality teaching ... more This study ascertained class control skills possessed by teachers for enhancing quality teaching and learning in public secondary schools in Anambra State. To this end, the study was guided by one research question and one null hypothesis tested at a 0.05 level of significance. A descriptive survey research design was adopted for the study. The population consisted of 6,350 teachers in the 257 State-owned secondary schools in the State. A sample of 672 teachers was drawn using a multi-stage sampling technique. Data were collected using a questionnaire titled "Teachers' Class Control Skills Questionnaire" (TCCSQ). The questionnaire was validated by three experts two in Educational Management and one in Measurement and Evaluation. An internal consistency reliability index of 0.79 was obtained for the instrument using Cronbach's Alpha method. Data analysis was done using mean and t-test. The findings revealed that teachers adopted four of the six listed classroom control skills for quality teaching and learning. There is no significant difference between the mean ratings of male and female teachers on their class control skills for quality teaching and learning in Anambra State. Based on the findings, the researchers recommended that training programs in the form of workshops and seminars be organised by the State government regularly to refresh and sharpen teachers' class control skills in order to achieve quality education in the State.