Abstract:
This study sought to examine principals’ administrative process strategies for the achievement of quality assurance in secondary schools in Kogi State. The design of the study was a descriptive survey. Five research questions and two null hypotheses guided the study. The population of the study comprised 228 respondents. The sample of the study consisted of 228 principals. Questionnaire was used as instrument for data collection. Mean and standard deviation were used to answer the research questions, while t-test statistics was used to test the null hypotheses at 0.05 level of significance. The findings of the study indicate that the principals’ planning strategies for quality assurance in secondary schools include preparation of school time table on time among others. There is no significant difference between the mean ratings of male and female principals on the principals’ planning strategies for the achievement of quality assurance in secondary schools; the principals’ organizing strategies for quality assurance in secondary schools comprise making proper arrangements prior to any external examination among others. While organizing programmes like debate and quiz competition during special assembly at least once in a week among others is not the principals’ organizing strategies for the achievement of quality assurance in secondary schools; there is no significant difference between the mean ratings of male and female principals on the principals’ organizing strategies for the achievement of quality assurance in secondary schools; the principals’ staff personnel strategies for quality assurance in secondary schools comprise taking regular attendance of staff members among others while delegation of duties and responsibilities to staff and encouraging staff professional growth by encouraging teachers to undergo on- the- job training like seminars among others is not the principals’ staff personnel strategies for the achievement of quality assurance in secondary schools; the principals’ coordinating strategies for quality assurance in secondary schools include ensuring that every teacher is working towards the attainment of school goals among others; the principals’ budgeting strategies for quality assurance in secondary schools include making sure that various departmental needs are forwarded by heads of department or subject coordinator for inclusion in the school budget among others. The study concluded among others that proper use of the documented planning, organizing, coordinating, staff personnel, and budgeting strategies by school principals could promote quality assurance in secondary school administration. From the findings and implications of the study, it was recommended among others that state government should appoint capable and qualified persons as principals in order to implement the documented administrative strategies for quality assurance in secondary school administration.
