GASPRO International Journal of Eminent Scholars

ABSTRACT

This study investigates teachers’ perception of gender and administrative performance of secondary school principals in Gokana Local Government Area of Rivers State. The study adopted a descriptive survey research design and was guided by three research questions. A sample of 120 teachers in the senior secondary school in the area were drawn from the population through a simple random sampling technique and use of for this study. An instrument titled "Principal Gender Factors and Administrative Performance Questionnaire" (PGFAPQ) was used for data collection. Face and content validities of the instrument were ensured by experts. Test-retest method was used to establish the reliability of the instrument (PGFAPQ), and the reliability of the co-efficient obtained was 0.72. The data were analyzed using percentage. The result showed that there was no remarkable difference on male and female principals in their abilities to adequately monitor organizational climate. Male principals encourage community participation more in the administration of secondary schools and withstand school-community politics. It also shows that, male and female principals have no difference in providing special pedagogical assistance to teachers. Based on the findings, recommendations, conclusion and implications for counselling were made.

KEYWORDS: Gender Factors, Administrative Performance, Teachers and Principals