PROGRAMME EVALUATION SKILL AND ACADEMIC ACHIEVEMENT OF SECONDARY SCHOOL STUDENTS IN SOUTHWEST, NIGERIA

Abstract

This study examined the relationship between principals’ programme evaluation skill and academic achievement of secondary school students in Southwest, Nigeria. The study adopted the descriptive survey research design. The population of the study comprised all the 2,719 principals, 72,676 teachers and 45, 987 students in all public secondary schools in Southwest, Nigeria. The sample for the study was 990 respondents, comprising 90 principals and 900 teachers from 90 public secondary schools in Southwest, Nigeria. Multi-stage sampling procedure which involved, simple random, stratified, proportionate and purposive sampling techniques was used to select sample for the study. Three set of instruments tagged “Principals’ Programme Evaluation Skill Questionnaire (PPESQ)”, “Students Affective and Psychomotor Domain Questionnaire (SAPDQ)” and an Inventory on students’ academic performance were used for the study. The three instruments were validated by experts in the field of Educational Management. PPESQ and SAPDQ had reliability coefficients of 0.76 and 0.74 respectively.  The research questions were answered using mean, percentage score and standard deviation while the hypothesis was tested using Pearson Product Moment Correlation. The hypothesis was tested at 0.05 level of significance. The study revealed that there was a significant relationship between principal programme evaluation skill and academic achievement of secondary school students. Based on the findings of this study, it was concluded that principals’ programme evaluation skill and academic achievement of secondary school students were good. Based on the findings of the study, it was recommended that school principals should conduct thorough assessment of school programmes through regularly check of teachers’ lesson notes, encourage teachers to conduct continuous assessment, mark attendance and full participation of teachers and students in co-curricular activities for enhanced academic achievement of students.