Roles of Emerging Technologies in the Realization of Effective Secondary School Administration In Enugu State

Abstract

The study ascertained the roles of emerging technologies in the realization of effective secondary school administration in Enugu State. Two research questions were raised to guide the study and two null hypotheses were formulated to test at .05 level of significance. The study adopted descriptive survey research design. The population for the study comprised 295 respondents which consisted of 191 males and 104 female principals. No sampling was there for this study. The instrument for data collection was a structured questionnaire titled “Role of Emerging Technologies in the realization of effective Secondary School Administration Scale (RETSSAS)”. The instrument was validated by three research experts. Cronbach alpha approach was used to determine the internal consistency of the instrument which yielded .78 for cluster 1 and .82 for cluster 2 with an overall reliability index of .80. Mean and standard deviation were used for answering the research questions while t-test statistic was used to test the null hypotheses at 0.05 level of significance. The findings of the study revealed that emerging technologies are critical in the realization of effective secondary school administration in the areas of instructional delivery and staff personnel management. Based on the findings, it was recommended that the Ministry of Education should carry out continuous training and sensitization of the secondary school administrators on the integration of emerging technologies in instructional delivery and staff personnel management.