PRINCIPALS’ LEADERSHIP CAPACITIES AS PERCEIVED BY TEACHERS IN SECONDARY SCHOOLS IN EKITI STATE, NIGERIA

Abstract

This study examined Principals‟ Leadership Capacities as perceived by teachers in secondary schools in Ekiti state. A total of 250 teachers were sampled from Public secondary schools in Ekiti state, using multi-stage, and simple random sampling techniques. Data were collected using self-constructed questionnaire. Three research questions were raised and answered. Research questions were subjected to descriptive analysis using mean rating and standard deviation. The study identified ten dimensions of principals‟ leadership capacities as : school vision, capacity building, collaboration, motivation, curriculum leadership, school discipline, delegation, executive behaviour, managing time and resourcefulness. The finding also showed that the teachers had positive perception of their principals‟ leadership capacities. It further revealed that strong leadership capacities were identified in collaboration, motivation, delegation and executive behaviour. It was recommended that the principals should develop their leadership capacities generally on school vision, capacity building, collaboration, motivation, curriculum leadership, school discipline, delegation, executive behaviour, managing time, and resourcefulness. Furthermore the school principals required more strengths of leadership capacities in: school vision, capacity building, curriculum leadership, school discipline, managing time, and resourcefulness, due to moderate strength identified in these leadership variables and dimensions.