TEACHER EFFECTIVE MANAGEMENT OF CLASSROOM BEHAVIOR OF STUDENTS IN THE 21ST CENTURY NIGERIA: THE LEADERSHIP CHALLENGES

Abstract

The success and progress of any society or organization is imbedded on efficient and effective leadership, leadership in schools is no exception. It is about leading others, inspiring, developing, coaching, wanting to excel, accommodating, compelling, influencing and perseverance. Managing classroom behavior of students has become a serious herculean task for teachers and administrators to carry out their leadership work effectively. In conservation of the rules of classroom behaviour of students in the Nigeria education system, this chapter therefore aims to explore the challenges in managing school system to meet the realities of 21^st Century, some identified challenges include. Lack of adequate funding, poor ICT facilities, lack of qualified personnel and inadequate infrastructure. Classroom behavior of students most time causes destruction to the learning environment; teacher’s concentration adversity affects social and educational level of the students. The authors adopted leadership in this context to mean the process where an individual has the ability to influence a group of people to attain and accomplish set goal. There is no way the gold and objectives of a school can be achieved without putting in place certain mechanisms towards ensuring the success of such educational system. Based on an in-depth study, of secondary schools, it emphasis the various approaches that are adopted by teachers and respective effect on students behavior. The study therefore recommended that teachers should ensure that activities of students and  their behavior in school are checkmated, and measures considering that the social and behavioral environment of a classroom can reflect overall academic environment of the school.