Principals Communication Skills and Administrative Effectiveness in Secondary Schools in Ilorin West Local Government Area, Kwara State, Nigeria

Rasaq Lanre Abdulkareem, Busayo Oluwabukola Alao, Sakariyah Amerah Damilola

Abstract


This study examined the principal communication skills and school effectiveness in public secondary schools in Ilorin West Local Government, Kwara State. The purposes of the study include to investigate: the relationship between communication skills and principals administrative effectiveness in Ilorin West Local Government, Kwara State. The research design used for this study was a descriptive survey. The sample of the study includes 265 out of 1385 respondents selected through proportional sampling technique. Self-designed questionnaire titled “Principals Communication Skills and Administrative Effectiveness Questionnaire was used to obtained necessary data from the respondents. Descriptive statistics of percentage was used to answer research questions and. Pearson product-moment correlation coefficient was used to test the hypotheses formulated. The findings of the study showed that there was a significant relationship between principal communication skills and administrative effectiveness. Based on the findings of the study, it was recommended among others that, Ministry of Education and All Nigeria Confederation of Principals of Secondary Schools (ANCOPSS) should regularly organize training on communication skills for school principals. This will expose principals to various communication skills and that can be adopted in schools. Secondary school principals in Ilorin West LGA of Kwara State must know when to use open communication skill and when to use inclusive communication skill for administrative effectiveness meaning that school principals should be conscious of type of communication to be adopted depending on the situation at a given time.


Keywords


Open; Inclusive; Aggressive; Assertive Communication Skill, School Effectiveness

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