Determinants Of Persistent Administrative Challenges Of Female Principals’ Effectiveness In Secondary Schools In Enugu State, Nigeria
Rev. Sr. Ikenga Catherine Ngozi (PhD)
Daughters of Divine Love Congregation P.O. Box, 546, Trans-Ekulu, Enugu State, Nigeria
Prof. Dan Enyi
School of Pre-Degree, P.M.B, 053, Ebonyi State Unuversity, Abakaliki. Ebonyi State, Nigeria
Keywords: secondary schools, female principals, persistent administrative challenges
Abstract
This study investigated the Determinants of Persistent Administrative Challenges of Female Principals Effectiveness in Secondary Schools in Enugu State. Five research questions and five null hypotheses guided the study. Descriptive survey research design was adopted for the study. The population of the study comprised 177 female principals and 6248 female teachers in public secondary schools in the state. Simple random sampling technique was employed to draw 150 female principals and 600 female teachers. A structured questionnaire in five clusters (A-E) containing 48 items titled Persistent Challenges of Female Principals Administrative Effectiveness Questionnaire (PCFPAEQ) with reliability coefficient of 0.95 was used for data collection. Data collected were analyzed using mean (X) and standard deviation (SD) to answer the research questions and t-test statistics to test the hypotheses at 0.05 level of significance. The findings of the study revealed that the mean responses of the principals and teachers on the persistent institutional, personal, social-cultural, school-plant and teacher-related challenges to female principals’ administrative effectiveness was not statistically significant. Based on the findings of the study, it was recommended among others, that the there is need for government of Enugu state to mount sustained community sensitization programme on supporting the female principals in realising the school goals and objectives and do away with retrogressive cultural perceptions about the females' leadership abilities