Essential Administrative Skills for School Resources Efficient Management

Abstract

The study looked at the administrative skills of principals in Delta State, Nigeria's public secondary schools for efficient resource management. All of the principals of Delta State's public secondary schools made up the study's population, which was surveyed descriptively. There were 320 respondents in the sample, 200 of whom were principals of urban schools and 120 of whom were principals of rural schools. The study was guided by four research questions and four hypotheses. Data was gathered using the Principals Administrative Competency for Effective Management of School Resources Questionnaire (PRACEMSRQ), a 20-item instrument created by researchers. Experts validated the instrument, and the reliability was assessed using Cronbach alpha, which required a high reliability coefficient of 0.82. The z-test statistic was used to test the hypotheses, and mean and standard deviation were used to analyze the data for the research questions. Among other things, the study's findings showed that principals in urban and rural schools have similar views on the administrative skills and efficient use of time, money, materials, and people in public secondary schools in Delta State, Nigeria. The study's conclusions suggested, among other things, that school administrators should include teachers and students in decision-making processes, develop their skills in the acquisition and upkeep of tangible teaching materials, and hold seminars and workshops for school administrators on resource management in the educational system.