IMPLEMENTATION OF MANAGEMENT STYLES ON ADMINISTRATION OF PUBLIC SECONDARY SCHOOLS IN JALINGO MUNICIPAL COUNCIL OF TARABA STATE

Abstract

This study investigated the implementation of management styles on administration of public secondary schools in Jalingo Municipal Council of Taraba State. Descriptive Survey research design was adopted for the study while a simple random sampling technique was used in selecting the sample size for the study. The population for the study was made up of all the administrative staff, teachers and students of public secondary schools in Jalingo Municipal Council. The target population was made up of 7,280 respondents. Taro Yamane formula was used for calculating sample size which was adopted in computing the sample size of the study and the figure of 379 respondents was arrived at. A structured questionnaire was used for data collection and was used to elicit responses from the respondents, which was addressed to the main topics of the management styles and their roles in the public secondary schools at Jalingo Municipal Council Taraba State. The questionnaires were administered to the respondents in the selected schools by the researchers with the aid of their research assistants. The data collected were subjected to statistical analysis using both descriptive and inferential statistics. The data collected were then analyzed using SPSS (Statistical Package for Social Science) Findings from the study revealed that Planning, Organizing, Coordinating and controlling all have significant influences on the administration of public secondary schools in Jalingo Municipal Council of Taraba state. The study recommends among other issues that the implementation of management of Public Secondary schools do have proper implementation of management styles for the overall attainment of the And social satisfaction organizational goals of the Public Secondary Schools in Jalingo Municipal Councils.