Principals’ Administrative Process Strategies For The Achievement Of Quality Assurance In Secondary Schools In Kogi State

states that before any problem is discovered in the world, the solution has already been in existence, it is a matter of planning. Schwartz proclaimed   that good planning can achieve one or more goals under conditions of uncertainty. The concepts of this theory can be a guide and also boost the confidence of secondary school principals in their bid to map out some administrative process strategies to achieve quality assurance in their various schools.

The findings of this study will be practically significant to school principals, teachers, parents, students, Kogi state government, and future researchers.

The findings of this study will acquaint school principals on the poor quality educational system in Kogi state and also offer them credible strategies to restrain such trend and improve the quality of learning in the state. The findings of this study will unearth some administrative problems ravaging secondary school administration in Kogi state and suggest some possible strategies which can be adopted by school principals to abolish such problems.

Teachers will benefit immensely from the findings of this study. This study will unveil some of the teachers’ problems which lead to poor teaching and learning in various secondary schools in Kogi state. As the school principals adopt and implement some strategies suggested in this study in their bid to solve these problems, teachers will be favored. They will be motivated in other to exhibit high morale in their job as their salaries are likely to be increased.

Parents will benefit from the findings of this study. When adequate  care is given to teachers, they will be happy to teach their students with enthusiasm. Consequently, students will receive quality education and also excel academically to the glory of their parents. Their parents will not  only  be glad and proud of their children, but they will also be elated that the  money they are investing in their children’s’ education is not in vain. The findings of this study will benefit students colossally. It will help them experience quality sound teaching from motivated and high morale teachers, which will enable them attain academic excellence.

The findings of this study will be very beneficial to Kogi state government. It will uncover the academic and administrative  problems  which is the root of low quality educational and administrative system that has been obliterating various secondary schools in Kogi state in the recent time. This study will serve as an eye-opener to the state government and also give her an insight on how to tackle these problems. Having eliminated these problems, the educational system in the state will revive in all ramifications. Mass exodus of teachers (brain drain) from the state will reduce drastically. Kogi state will be rated highly as one the best educationally developed state  in Nigeria and in diaspora. The findings of this study will be added to the existing literatures. Researchers in a similar field of study will also find the results of this study very interesting and useful.

Scope of the Study

This study is delimited to all the government owned secondary schools in Kogi state. There are 228 public secondary schools in Kogi State. The content scope focused on principals’ administrative process strategies for the achievement of quality assurance in secondary schools in Kogi State. These include: principals’ planning strategies, principals’ organizing strategies, principals’ staff personnel strategies, the principals’ coordinating strategies, and the principals’ budgeting strategies for the achievement of quality assurance in secondary schools in Kogi State.

Research Questions

The following research questions will guide the study.

1. What are the principals’ planning strategies for the achievement of quality assurance in secondary schools in Kogi State?

2. What are the principals’ organizing strategies for the achievement of quality assurance in secondary schools in Kogi State?

3. What are the principals’ staff personnel strategies for the achievement of quality assurance in secondary schools in Kogi State?

4. What are the principals’ coordinating strategies for the achievement of quality assurance in secondary schools in Kogi State?

 5. What are the principals’ budgeting strategies for the achievement of quality assurance in secondary schools in Kogi State?

Hypotheses

The following null hypotheses formulated will guide the study, and  will be tested at 0.05 level of significance.

H01: There is no significant difference between the mean  ratings of  male  and female principals on principals’ planning strategies for achievement of quality assurance in secondary school in kogi State.

H02: There is no significant difference between the mean  ratings of  male  and female principals on principals’ organizing strategies for achievement of quality assurance in secondary school in kogi State.