Al-Hikmah University Journal

This study investigated management of resources for enhanced principals’ managerial competencies in public secondary schools in Rivers State. The purpose of this study was to examine the ways human and material resources are managed to enhance principals’ managerial competencies in public secondary schools in Rivers State. Two research questions and two hypotheses were used for the study. The research design used was the descriptive survey design. The population for the study comprised the 258 public secondary schools in Rivers State. The total number of respondents included 124 principals representing 48% of the population, which were selected using the stratified random sampling technique. Meanwhile only 115 copies of questionnaire were retrieved, a self-designed questionnaire titled “Management of Resources for Enhanced Principals’ Managerial Competencies in Public Secondary Schools Questionnaire (MAREPMCPSSQ)” was used for data collection. A test re-test method was used to ascertain the reliability of the instrument. The Pearson Product Moment Correlation Coefficient (r) yielded and a reliability coefficient of 0.775. The mean and standard deviation were used to answer the research questions while the z-test statistics was employed to test the research hypotheses at 0.05 level of significance. The results, among others, revealed that human and material resources could be well managed to enhance principals’ competence if only personnel resource are well utilized by effectively distributing vital resources to areas of educational need and facility audits which helps to review potential problems that can be identified before they turn into full-blown problems. It was recommended that principals of schools and government should ensure managerial resourcefulness in the school, recognize relevant resource input and ensure human resources are well utilized to avoid misplace priority in the use of human and material resources.