Principals’ leadership approaches as predictors of students’ learning outcomes in oyo metropolis public secondary schools, oyo state

Author : Awodiji, omotayo adewale; etejere, patricia a. o. & alao, busayo oluwabukola

Keyword : Principals, leadership, approach and learning outcomes

Subject : Management

Article Type : Original article (research)

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Abstract : The place of leadership cannot be jettisoned in the attainment of secondary school effectiveness. This study examined principals’ leadership approaches as predictors of students’ learning outcomes in Oyo metropolis public secondary schools, Oyo State. The descriptive survey research design of correlational type was employed. The population for this study comprised all public senior secondary school teachers in Oyo metropolis. Purposive sampling technique was used in selecting 250teachers from 10 randomly selected public secondary schools in the study area. A researcher designed a questionnaire titled “Principals’ Leadership Approach Questionnaire” (PLAQ) and “Students’ Learning Outcomes Proforma” (SLOP)were used as instruments for the study. Descriptive statistics of mean was used in answering research questions while inferential statistics of Pearson Product Moment Correlation (PPMC) was used to test the hypotheses at 0.05 level of significance. The findings of the study revealed that: transformational leadership was ranked 1st (x̅ = 39.45) as the most used leadership approach by secondary school principals; students’ learning outcomes level (41.73) was low in the selected secondary schools. It was revealed a positive non-significant association between the principals’ leadership approaches and students’ learning outcomes in Oyo metropolis public secondary schools. Based on the findings, it was recommended among others that the principals should change their leadership approach in order to improve the Oyo metropolis public secondary schools in public examinations; and that educational planners in the Ministry of Education should sponsor and organise conferences, seminars, and workshops on a framework for leadership development for principals in all public secondary schools in Oyo metropolis.

Article by : Omotayo Adewale AWODIJI

Article add date : 2020-12-16

How to cite : Awodiji, omotayo adewale, etejere, patricia a. o. & alao, busayo oluwabukola. (2020-December-16). Principals’ leadership approaches as predictors of students’ learning outcomes in oyo metropolis public secondary schools, oyo state. retrieved from https://openacessjournal.com/abstract/501