Authors : Ifeoma Salome Chukwuma, Samuel C. Ugwoke, Patricia Uzoamaka Agu, Ijeoma Joyce Chukwuemeka-Nworu, Benedeth Nwafor, Annastacia Uchenna Eneh, Joseph Nnaemeka Chukwuma and Paulinus Paul Nwankwor
Abstract: The study investigated age and qualification as correlates of quality assurance practices of principals in secondary schools in South East, Nigeria. Two research questions and two null hypothesis guided the study. The correlational survey design was adopted for the study. The population of the study comprised 1.247 principals in public secondary schools in South East, Nigeria. The sample sizes for the study consist of 819 principals. Balloting without replacement was used to draw three states out of the five states that constitute South-East states. All the principals in these drawn states were used. The instrument for data collection was researchers-developed instrument. The instrument was face validated by three experts from the Faculty of Education, University of Nigeria, Nsukka. The internal consistency coefficients were obtained through Cronbach alpha method. This gave reliability values of 0.68, 0.76 and 0.85 for clusters 1-3. The overall reliability index of 0.87 was obtained. The questionnaire was administered and 797 copies were retrieved. The data collected were analyzed using Pearson to answer the research questions while multiple linear regression analysis was used to test the hypothesis at 0.05 level of significance. There was significant relationship between qualification and quality assurance practices. Age of the principals did not correlate quality assurance. Based on these findings, recommendations were also proffered among which was that principals should be encouraged to go for individual development programmes to acquire higher degrees for better performance in quality assurance practices.
Ifeoma Salome Chukwuma, Samuel C. Ugwoke, Patricia Uzoamaka Agu, Ijeoma Joyce Chukwuemeka-Nworu, Benedeth Nwafor, Annastacia Uchenna Eneh, Joseph Nnaemeka Chukwuma and Paulinus Paul Nwankwor, 2019. Age and Qualification as Correlates of Quality Assurance Practices of Principals in Secondary Schools in South East, Nigeria. Journal of Engineering and Applied Sciences, 14: 5443-5453.