Principals Leadership Styles and Students' Academic Performance in Enugu Metropolois: A comparative Survey of Public and Mission Secondary Schools

IGWE, Nick Ngozi and Ozofor, N.M and Alinno, Francis Chidi (2017) Principals Leadership Styles and Students' Academic Performance in Enugu Metropolois: A comparative Survey of Public and Mission Secondary Schools. Archives of Business Research, 5 (8). pp. 7-30.

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Abstract

Education is a fundamental human right enshrined in all major United Nations and International Charters. As a result, there is need to provide it in most efficient manner. Education plays a major role in social emancipation, political, economic and cultural development of countries. However, the low performance of teachers and its negative impact accentuated by the dwindling fortunes of students’ academic performance have become a great concern to major stakeholders in the education sector. The study compares the leadership styles of principals in public anti mission secondary schools on student academic performance in Enugu South Local Government Area of Enugu State, Nigeria. Ex-post facto descriptive research design was adopted. Data collection instruments were the use of structured questionnaire and interviews. The Yamane’s (1964) statistical formula was used for sample size determination. A total of 285 copies the questionnaire were administered to principals, teachers and supportive staff of the select HI Secondary Schools using simple random sampling techniques. A combination of chi-square and Pearson product moment correlation statistical tools at 0.05 level of significance was utilized. Results of the investigation reveal that autocratic leadership style was positively correlated with students’ academic performance. The study recommends that the application of autocratic leadership style by principals has the capacity of increasing the level of students’ academic performance.

Item Type: Article
Subjects: H Social Sciences > H Social Sciences (General)
Q Science > Q Science (General)
Divisions: Faculty of Natural and Applied Sciences
Depositing User: miss lydia lydia
Date Deposited: 02 Oct 2019 10:31
Last Modified: 02 Oct 2019 10:31
URI: http://eprints.gouni.edu.ng/id/eprint/2239

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