SCHOOL PLANT AND TEACHERS’ COMPETENCIES AS PREDICTORS OF PRINCIPALS’ JOB PERFORMANCE IN PUBLIC SECONDARY SCHOOLS IN ANAMBRA STATE

Abstract

The study examined school plant and teachers’ competencies as predictors of principals’ job performance in public secondary schools in Anambra State. The aim of the study was to examine the role of school plant and teachers’ competences as they predict principals’ job performance in public secondary schools, and determine the strategies school plant and teachers’ competences could be used to achieve principals’ job performance in secondary schools in Anambra state. Three research questions and 3 null hypotheses guided the study. To achieve this, the study adopted simple regression analysis research design. The population of the study comprised 266 principals’ public secondary schools in six education zones in Anambra state. The sample for the study was 266 public secondary school principals’ in the six Education Zones of Anambra State. Structured questionnaire (School Plant Questionnaire (SPQ), Teachers' Competence Questionnaire (TCQ) and Principals’ job performance (PJPQ) was used for data collection. The instrument was validated by three experts, two experts from educational management and one expert from measurement and evaluation all in the department of educational foundations, faculty of education Chukwuemeka Odumegwu Ojukwu University, Igbariam Campus.  The reliability were trial-tested on a single administration using Cronbach Alpha reliability coefficient and average coefficient value of 0.72 for SLQ, 0.86 for PFQ, 0.79 for TKSQ and 0.72 for PJPQ were considered highly reliable and suitable for the study. The research questions were answered using simple regression, whereas the hypotheses were tested at .05 level of significance using multiple regression analyses. The findings of the study showed that school plant and teachers’ competences were significant predictors of principals’ job performance in public secondary schools in Anambra state. The study concluded that school plant and teachers’ competences predicted principals’ job performance in public secondary schools. Based on the findings, the study recommended that teachers should be given a better school plant and schools location in the state more conducive for good work environment for principals’ job performance.