PRINCIPALS SUPERVISORY ROLES AND STUDENTS ACADEMIC PERFORMANCE IN SENIOR SCHOOLS IN NORTH CENTRAL GEO-POLITICAL ZONE, NIGERIA

Stephen Usman¹, Azan, Baba James², Elisha, Bulus Gidinye³

Yakubu Mikailu Machuwe⁴

¹Department of Educational Administration and Planning, Nasarawa State University, Keffi,

²Department of English and Literary Studies, Nasarawa State University, Keffi

³Dean Student Affairs, Ipere College of Eduction Agyaragu, Nasarawa State,

⁴Department of General Studies, Ipere College of Education, Agyaragu Nasarawa State

E-mail: usmanstephen.ndo@gmail.com, azanbaba240@gmail.com, elbulusgidinye@gmail.com, Mikailu4real@gmail.com

                                                ABSTRACT

This study examined the principals’ supervisory roles and their impact on students’ academic performance in senior secondary schools in North Central Geo-Political Zone, Nigeria. Seven (7) research questions and four (4) hypotheses were formulated and tested for the study. Related literatures as well as empirical studies were also reviewed. The ex-post facto design was adopted for the study. The Population of the study was 27,221 and 5,496 Teachers, Students and Principals’ representing 20.2% of the total Population were sampled from 216 Senior Secondary Schools using tetrachoric random sampling. A 8-item instrument was developed for data collection titled ‘’Principals’ Students’ Performance Questionnaire (PSPQ). The instrument used for the study was a modified four point-Likert type questionnaire of Strongly Agreed (SA), Agree (A), Disagree (D) and Strongly Disagree (SD). Descriptive statistics of mean and standard deviations were used to answer the seven research questions, while chi-square (X²) test of goodness of fit was used to test the three hypotheses at 0.05 level of significance was used to test hypothesis. The findings revealed that Principals’ supervisory roles performance on students’ academic performance was above average (2.58) in senior secondary Schools in North Central Geo-Political Zone, Nigeria. Based on the findings of the study, it was recommended that principals’ should see supervisory roles performance as daily affairs on students’ academic performance in senior secondary schools.