Analysis of Leadership Styles on School Administration in Public Secondary Schools in Delta Cental Senatorial Districts, Delta State, Nigerial

Abstract

This paper, analyses Leadership Styles on School Administration in Public Secondary Schools in Delta Central Senatorial Districts. The study consented to use the descriptive survey research design, with two research questions and one hypothesis. The population size for the study was all the teachers from 179 public secondary school in Delta Central Senatorial District. Selecting five male teachers and five female teachers at random from each school, the sample size used for the study was 1,790 public secondary school teachers. Fifty copies of the questionnaire were administered to teachers in public secondary schools in Delta North Senatorial District outside the study area, and the data obtained were analysed with Cronbach alpha yielding a coefficient of 0.86. Frequency and mean were also used. The Pearson Correlation was further used to test for the statistical significance between variables at a 0.05 significance level. The study showed that to an average extent, the level of school administration in public secondary schools in Delta State is effective, and that that as leadership style increases, the effectiveness of school administration decreases and vers-a-visa, therefore exemplifying that with the introduction of more autocratic leadership style the effectiveness of school administration tends to dwindle, but however there exists a significant relationship between leadership styles and school administration in public secondary school in Delta State. The researcher recommends care should however be taken on the measure or mix of the leadership style used by school administrators.