Al-Hikmah University Journal

Assessment technique and human resources management in school administration is one that has really not been explored together perhaps based on the nature of assessment technique to be adopted by the researchers. This then informed the researcher to investigate on how assessment technique and human resources management can help improve school administration especially in Lagos State. Two research hypotheses were designed for this study as descriptive type of research design was adopted by the researcher. The population for this study comprised of all school administrators in Lagos State while the target population was secondary school principals in Ojo Local Government area of the state. Simple random sampling technique to select 120 participants comprising of school principals and teachers from 15 senior secondary schools in Ojo LGA of Lagos State. 20 items close ended selfdesigned Questionnaire on Assessment Technique and Human Resources Management in School Administration (QATHRMSA) on 4-Likert Scale type of Very True (VT), True (T), Not True (NT) and Not Very True (NVT) was used in data generation. The instrument was validated and acclaimed to meet both content and construct validity. Through Split-half form of reliability, an index value of 0.873 was obtained meaning internal consistency was met. Data was analysed using Pearson Product Moment Correlation and hypothesis tested at 0.05 significant level. The study revealed that appropriate assessment technique and human resources management both have significant relationship with effective school administration. This study then concluded that human resources management remains the only component variable capable of identifying human related factors that can drive school administration.