THE ROLE OF PRINCIPALS IN THE EFFECTIVE UTILIZATION OF INSTRUCTIONAL MATERIALS AMONG SELECTED SECONDARY SCHOOLS IN KADUNA STATE NIGERIA by Michael Olugbenga, Scientific Research Journal (Scirj), Volume VII, Issue IX, September 2019 Edition

Scirj Volume VII, Issue IX, September 2019 Edition
ISSN: 2201-2796

THE ROLE OF PRINCIPALS IN THE EFFECTIVE UTILIZATION OF INSTRUCTIONAL MATERIALS AMONG SELECTED SECONDARY SCHOOLS IN KADUNA STATE NIGERIA

Michael Olugbenga

Abstract: This study investigated the role of principals in the effective utilization of instructional materials. It also examined the relationship between schools where principal perform supervisory roles in ensuring effective utilizations of instructional materials and schools where principals lack supervision on the use of instructional materials. The survey method was used to gather information. The simple sampling was used to select subjects. The research subjects were 100 educational officers drawn from 10 public secondary schools, randomly selected from 10 local government areas of Kaduna State. Two instruments were designed by the researcher and used for this study. The reliability of the instruments was done using the split- half method; this is a method of estimating the reliability of test scores by the means of single form of a test. Data were analyzed using simple percentage. The analysis revealed that the principals busy schedule, lack of fund, lack of maintenance culture, lack of storage facilities were some of the factors that interfered with the role of principals in ensuring effective utilization of instructional materials. From the 2 hypotheses tested, the result showed that there was significant difference between principals who perform supervisory roles and the ones that don’t. It also revealed from the three research questions that principals who delegate authority, encourage teachers on improvisation, frequent in classroom visitation allows for effective utilization of instructional materials than principal that don’t. Therefore, it is imperative that all principals need to regularly monitor the activities of teachers, regularly organize staff development programmes and principals should delegate authority due to busy schedule. Recommendation and classroom implication were subsequently drawn for effective utilization of instructional materials.

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Search Terms: effective utilization, instructional materials, school governing bodies

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