Relationship Between Administrators Economic Status and Job Performance of School Administrators in Public Senior Secondary Schools of North-West Nigeria

International Journal of Research and Scientific Innovation (IJRSI) | Volume VIII, Issue V, May 2021 | ISSN 2321–2705

Relationship Between Administrators Economic Status and Job Performance of School Administrators in Public Senior Secondary Schools of North-West Nigeria

Muhammad Saratu Mera
Department of Educational Foundations, Usmanu Danfodiyo University Sokoto, Nigeria.

ABSTRACT
The study examined the relationship between administrators’ economic status and job performance of school administrators in public senior secondary schools of north-west Nigeria. The study adopted a descriptive survey design. The population for the study comprised of all senior secondary schools in North-west zone of Nigeria. The zone has a total population of 1317 Senior Secondary Schools, 1317 Principals and 3210 teachers. Random sampling technique was used to sample four out of the seven states with a total of 766 senior secondary schools and 19046 teachers as target population of the study. Research advisor (2016) table for determining sample size was used to determine the sample size of the study which recommended a total of 306 teachers as sample size of the study. Questionnaire tagged “Administrators Economic status and job Performance Questionnaire” was used to elicit information from the respondents of the study. The Instrument was validated by experts in the field of educational management and that of test and measurement in the Faculty of Education, Usmanu Danfodiyo University, Sokoto. A pilot study was conducted using test-retest method, cronbach alpha method was used to measure the two set of data and a reliability index of 0.71 was realized. Data collected was analyzed using frequency counts, Tables, and percentages while the hypotheses were tested using Pearson Product Moment Correlation Coefficient at 0.05 level of significance with the help of statistical package for social science. Findings of the study revealed that: there was no significant relationship between administrators bouyant account and job performance of school administrators and administrators material possessions doesn’t have any relationship with job performance of school administrators.

INTRODUCTION

Every educational system depends heavily on the quality and efficiciency of its administrators for improving and maintaining standards of education.In all levels of education.School administrators shoulder the responsibility of ensuring that the goals and objectives of the school are being met. This can be achieved through the administrator’s ability to plan and implement school activities using minimum resources. Therefore, the school administrator is perhaps one of the most influential factors in organizational efficiency since it is the school administrators that chooses how to implement strategies including what methods and resources to use as well as coordinating the activities of the subordinate in order to ensure better job performance. Job performance assesses how much the goals of the organization are being achieved through competence, commitment and performance.

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