Analysis of Principals’ Leadership Sytles and Students’ Academic Achievement in Senior Secondary Schools in Gombe State

Abdulkadir Umar, Fatima Mu'azu, Adamu Umar Ibrahim

Abstract


This study assessed the leadership style of secondary school Principals and its influence on academic achievement of students in secondary schools in Gombe State, Nigeria. Three research questions and a null hypothesis formulated guided the study. 1,000 respondents comprised of Vice Principals, Head of Departments and teachers in 100 Senior Secondary Schools were selected through a two staged sampling technique. The structured questionnaire titled Principal Leadership Style and Students Academic Achievement Questionnaire (PLSSAPQ) which served as the main instrument for data collection. Data collected were analyzed using simple descriptive statistics involving tables, frequency and percentage. The findings showed that Principals are democratic in their leadership approach. The study further revealed that the incident of low level of academic achievement in Gombe State is real.  To increase the achievement of students in Gombe State Secondary Schools, the authors recommended among others that the Principals are to adopt and maintain a democratic leadership style to facilitate the realization of good teaching in secondary Schools in Nigeria, Principals should endeavor to make available, adequate incentives to motivate the teachers so as to maintain their commitment and enthusiasm in teaching and the State Ministry of Education and Proprietors of Private schools in Gombe State are to ensure that they recruit professionally and academically qualified principals to promote the use of democratic leadership style which, in turn, promotes students’ achievement in Senior School Certificate Examination (SSCE).


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