Principals’ Instructional Supervision and School Effectiveness in Delta State Public Secondary Schools

Abstract

The study investigated the relationship between principals’ supervisory role performance and school effectiveness in Delta State public secondary schools. To carry out this study, three research questions were raised, two were answered and one was hypothesized. The study was a descriptive survey which adopted the correlational research design. The population of the study comprised four hundred and thirty-four (434) principals and public secondary schools in the three senatorial districts of Delta State. Forty-three (43) principals and public secondary school in the three senatorial districts of Delta State representing 10% of the total population constituted the sample size. The research instrument was a questionnaire titled “Principals’ Supervisory Role Performance and Schools Effectiveness (PSRPSE)”. Mean and standard deviation were used to answer questions 1 and 2, while the Pearson Product Moment Correlation Coefficient was used to test the hypothesis. The findings revealed that the level of principals’ supervisory role and school effectiveness was high. In the same vein, a positive correlation existed between principals’ supervisory role performance and school effectiveness. It was recommended, among others things, that school principals should acquire higher pedagogical training to be more diligent in their supervisory role.