Principals’ managerial competencies/Skills For Maintenance Of Human Relation And School - Community In Kogi State, Nigeria

Abstract

The study identified principals’managerialcompetencies for maintenance ofhuman relation and school - communityrelationship in Kogi state, Nigeria. Two research questions guided the study. Descriptive survey was adopted for the study. 2434 teaching staff from 208 secondary schools in Kogi East education zone served as population of the study. 400 teachers representing 16% from 2434 teaching staff and 27 secondary schools representing 22% of the 208 public secondary schools were purposively sampled for the study. Principals’ManagerialCompetenciesinHuman Relation Maintenance and School CommunityRelationship Questionnaire (PMCHRMSCRQ) served as instrument for data collection. The reliability was conducted on 20 teachers and the responses were analyzed and yielded 0.81. The instruments were administered and the responses were analyzed with mean and standard deviation and it revealed that (1) analytical skills, interpersonal skills, execution, availability skills and information processing skills to be managerial skills of the principals in the maintenance of human relationship in schools in Kogi East Education Zone; (2) establishment of functional PTA, involvement of members of the community in the school activities, information management skills, accessibility skills, availability skills, avoidance of realistic politics in the community, harmonisation skills and conflict resolution skills were utilized by principals to a very high extent and high extent in human relationship in Kogi East Education Zone.