Statement of the problem
Every organization is established with the sole aim of achieving
specified goals and objectives. Besides setting up such an organization,
the purpose will be futile if ineffective and incompetent hands are made
to run the operations of such organizations. Principals’ as
transformational leaders in the school system are seen as drivers of the
vision and mission statement for the achievement of the desired goals
and objectives. For this reason, it is imperative that they must be
properly oriented and reoriented for the effective discharge of their
responsibilities in this regard.Observation by the researcher indicates
that some public secondary school principals in AkwaIbom have been found
to neglect their statutory functions as heads in such areas as
absenteeism without prior information, lateness to school, and
non-compliance with government policies amongst others. Due to the
principals’ ineffectiveness, these ill-acts have also manifested in
teachers inefficiency, poor communication skill, indiscipline among
students and staff, poor maintenance culture on school facilities, poor
record keeping as well as haphazard decision-making. These problems have
bedeviled the various educational reforms injected by the government to
progress the educational system. It is also characterized by the
fluctuation of performance of students in public examinations over the
years. Consequently, serious debates have made headlines on why the
persistent happenings.It is on this premise, that the study raised the
question: what is the relationship between educational reforms and
principals’ administrative effectiveness in AkwaIbom State, Nigeria?