Principals’ Workload and Public Secondary School Effectiveness in Akure South Local Government Area of Ondo State, Nigeria

Abstract

This study explored principal workload and public secondary school effectiveness in Akure South, a local government area of Ondo State, Nigeria. A descriptive research design of survey types was used for the study. The population of this study comprised all principals and teachers in 30 public secondary schools in Akure South Local Government Area, Ondo State. Simple random sampling techniques were used to select 220 respondents comprising 200 teachers and 20 principals. Questionnaires titled “Principals’ Workload Questionnaire (PWQ) and Effectiveness of Secondary School Questionnaire (ESSQ) were used to collect data for this study. Research questions were answered with descriptive statistics of means and percentages, while the hypothesis was tested with multiple regression at 0.05 level of significance. The result showed that the level of principal’s workload in public secondary schools is high and the level of public secondary school effectiveness is high. The findings also revealed that there is a significant relationship between the principal’s workload and public secondary schools’ effectiveness in Akure, Ondo State. The study concluded that, to ensure high secondary school effectiveness in any educational institution, there must be a policy that enlists the principals’ works and roles to reduce the principals’ workload. Based on the conclusion, the study recommended that school principals’ works need to be reviewed to reduce the level of principals’ workload in public secondary schools in Ondo State.