INFLUENCE OF PRINCIPALS’ LEADERSHIP SKILLS ON MANAGEMENT OF RESOURCES IN PUBLIC SECONDARY SCHOOLS IN ANAMBRA STATE

Abstract

The study examined the influence of principals’ leadership skills on management of resources in public secondary schools in Anambra state. The study aimed to examine principals’ leadership skills as they influence the management of resources in public secondary schools in Anambra state and determine what the principals can use to achieve effective management of resources in secondary schools in Anambra state. To achieve this, the study adopted a descriptive survey research design. The sample for the study was 266 public secondary school principals in the six education zones of Anambra state. A structured questionnaire was used for data collection. The research questions were analyzed using mean and standard deviation whereas the hypotheses were tested at 0.05 level of significance using paired samples t-test. The findings of the study showed that principals’ leadership skills significantly influence the management of resources in public secondary schools in Anambra state. The study concluded that principals’ leadership skills have a very high extent influence on the management of resources in public secondary schools in Anambra state. This indicates that principals’ leadership skills significantly influence the management of resources in public secondary schools in Anambra state. Based on the findings, the study recommended that secondary school principals should be familiar with different leadership skills to enhance the management of resources in their schools, the Ministry of Education should organize workshops and seminars at intervals for principals and teachers in secondary schools to keep them abreast with different leadership skills and its relevance for the management of resources in the schools.