Al-Hikmah University Journal

The issue of school effectiveness has been a major concern to all stakeholders in educational system and it represents one of the fundamental challenges to researchers in education. Thus, principal’s managerial behaviour serves as visible determinants of school effectiveness. This study investigated the relationship between principals’ managerial behaviour and school effectiveness in Ilorin West Local Government Area of Kwara State. The research design for this study is a descriptive survey. The population for the study consisted of teachers and principals in all the 45 public secondary schools in Ilorin West Local Government Area of Kwara State with 894 total numbers of teachers. Two hundred respondents were selected as samples through simple random sampling technique. A researcher-designed questionnaire titled “Principal Managerial Behaviour and School Effectiveness Questionnaire (PMBSEQ) was used to collect necessary information. Two research questions and One research hypothesis guided the conduct of the study. Both descriptive and inferential statistics were used in data analysis at 0.05 level of significance. The findings of the study showed that principals’ interpersonal relationship was ranked number one managerial behaviour, followed by motivation skill, while communication skill was ranked the least. The level of school effectiveness in secondary schools in Ilorin-West Local Government Area of Kwara State was high with overall mean of 3.02 points. There was a significant relationship between principals’ managerial behaviour and school effectiveness in secondary schools in Ilorin-West Local Government Area of Kwara State. Based on the findings, it was recommended, among others, that principals should pay more attention to interpersonal relationship in order to move on well with other staff in the school thereby attaining secondary school effectiveness.