PRINCIPALS’ LEADERSHIP STYLE AS A CATALYST TO EFFECTIVENESS OF SECONDARY SCHOOL EDUCATION IN ONDO STATE, NIGERIA

This study examined the relationship between principal’s leadership style and effectiveness of secondary schools in Ondo State, Nigeria. The co relational research design of the survey type was adopted. The population consisted of all the teachers and principals in the 300 public schools in Ondo State. The Multistage, Simple and Proportionate Stratified Random Sampling Techniques were used to select the 60 schools, 1200 teachers and the 60 principals used for the study. A self made instrument called Principal Leadership Style and Effectiveness of Secondary School Education Questionnaire (PLSESSEQ) was used to collect the data for the study. The data collected were analyzed using frequency count, percentage scores and Pearson Product Moment Correlation (r) statistics. The Hypothesis formulated was tested at the 0.05 level of significance. The study revealed that the Principals’ Leadership style in the area covered was very encouraging. The study also showed that secondary schools were effective in the effective and psychomotor domains, but need to improve on the cognitive domain of the students. Based on the findings, it was recommended that school principals should evolve the transaction transformational leadership style and should be situational and Government should support schools with all necessary resources to support the effort of the principals in improving the performances of the students in both internal and external examinations.