EFFECT OF GENDER AND EDUCATIONAL QUALIFICATION ON ADMINISTRATIVE EFFECTIVENESS OF LIBRARIANS IN FEDERAL UNIVERSITIES IN SOUTH-SOUTH NIGERIA

The study was carried out to determine the effect of gender and educational qualification on the administrative effectiveness of librarians in federal universities in South-South Nigeria. The study adopted the non-probability sampling technique together with the ex-post facto research design which implemented the purposive and accidental sampling technique in choosing the population. A total of two hundred and thirty-one (231) respondents were chosen from six federal university libraries which comprised one hundred and seven professional (107) librarians and one hundred and twenty-four (124) Para-professionals. Data were elicited through a questionnaire. Data were analyzed using both descriptive and inferential statistics (independent t-test, one-way analysis of variance and multiple regression analysis. The research questions were answered and the hypotheses were tested at 0.05 levels of significance. Results show that there is a positive correlation between educational qualification and administrative effectiveness of librarians in the South-South universities of Nigeria. Secondly, a significant result was obtained for gender as a predictor of administrative effectiveness of librarians. The study, therefore, recommends that employers of librarians should allow them to improve themselves via acquiring postgraduate qualifications such as a master’s degree and PhD as this will go a long way to add value to them and improved their skills.

Adopting the ICT Innovation to Administrative and Activity Procedures in a University

Information Communication Technology (ICT) has made performing administrative tasks more convenient for organizations. This paper discusses the contribution of ICT innovations to administrative effectiveness with respect to the Open University of Tanzania (OUT). A descriptive research that is guided by two research questions and one hypothesis has been applied in this paper in respect to utilizations of ICT for university activities particularly with focus on examinations activity during this time of COVID-19 pandemic. Exams to Universities have an important role in the process of learning especially in assessing where faculties and particular classes need more focus or analyzing processes of learning by enabling students to see the material from a different perspective and improve their understanding. From the study the results revealed that ICT innovations in University activities can be effective if used in the administration of the University activities. However it was learnt that it’s more effective if adapted to innovation in an online Admission/registration, and a perfect fit for online examination system such as Online Oral Examination system (OREX) which was developed as a response to COVID-19 pandemic. The study also inveterate that the students, lecturers and senior administrative Staff (Registry) had very similar responses on the effectiveness of ICT innovation on the administrative process and academics of the Open University of Tanzania. It was recommended among others that the university should mobilize resources towards provision of facilities and training of its ICT personnel for more relevant innovations particular for online examination processes such as (OREX).

Principals’ Demographic Qualities and the Misuse of School Material Capital in Secondary Schools

Previous studies tend to have assessed principals' demographic variables, but with other dependent variables such as administrative effectiveness, job performance, students' achievement and so on. From the literature, principals' demographic qualities and the misuse of material, capital appears to have been under-assessed. This study used a quantitative approach to investigate some demographic attributes of principals and the misuse of school material capital in secondary schools. Using a questionnaire in Cross River State, Nigeria, data were gathered from a total of 667 secondary school administrators. Findings revealed significant differences in the misuse of school material capital by principals of different age, professional qualification and years of experience; although major disparities between male and female principals were not identified. More specifically, principals who were older, seasoned, and who possessed Bachelors and Masters of Education degrees were efficient managers of school material capital. A high rate of misuse was found among principals who were younger and inexperienced than their counterparts who were young, inexperienced, and possessed the post-graduate diploma in education, as well as, other professional academic qualifications unrelated to the field of education (e.g., HND, BSc., B.A and MSc.). Based on these findings, key implications were discussed for quality service delivery and administrative effectiveness.

INFLUENCE OF RECORDS MANAGEMENT PRACTICES ON ADMINISTRATIVE EFFECTIVENESS IN PUBLIC SECONDARY SCHOOLS IN LAGOS STATE, NIGERIA

Administrative effectiveness in secondary schools is germane to making education relevant to the growth of the society.The operational processes and functions in school administration depend on the good management of the documented activities of the school programs, infrastructures, staff and students found in school records for successful executions. Previous studies found that school records were basically created in paper formats which ran into many volumes with the problems of inadequate storage and in-effective preservation methods among others, although the studies did not use the records life cycle in the appraisal of the records management practices. These reported poor records management practices made the retrieval of school records difficult and sometimes impossible resulting in in-effective school administration. This paper examines the influence of records management practices on administrative effectiveness in public secondary schools in Lagos State, Nigeria. Survey research design was adopted for this study and the instrument for data collection was a questionnaire administered on a sample size of360 administrative team members in public senior secondary schools in Lagos State, Nigeria. Data analysis was done using frequency counts and simple percentages to answer the research questions while regression analysis technique was employed to test he hypotheses. Research findings revealed that the schools have all the statutory and non- statutory records for proper and adequate administrative duties, the records management policy manual was available and the records management practices were based on the records life cycle in the public senior secondary schools in Lagos State. Additionally, the study found that the records creation stage was well managed while the maintenance and use stage were fairly managed and the disposition stage was poorly managed. Based on the findings, the study recommends the provision of equipment that would ensure that school records are properly stored, preserved and disposed to achieve best practices in records management for effective school administration.

Correlation Research on the Practice of School Administrative Ethics and Teachers’ Job Morale and Job Involvement

Being in such a highly competitive knowledge economic era with changing social value and fast information spread, the relationship between school teachers and staff is different from it in the past and the dilemmas and difficulties encountered by schools are increasing. School administrators have to face problems and accept challenges on policy promotion and work execution and even have to immediately make decisions on certain issues. School administrators’ decisions mostly involve in people that the considerations are broad, e.g. conforming to education objectives, taking care of different learners’ needs, and satisfying various stakeholders. Aiming at university teachers in Shandong Province as the empirical objects, total 360 copies of questionnaire are distributed for this study. 254 valid copies are retrieved, with the retrieval rate 71%. According to the research results, suggestions are proposed, expecting to help domestic universities and colleges enhance the practice of administrative ethics, stimulate and promote the administrative effectiveness of schools, and enhance the overall effectiveness.