INFLUENCE OF DEMOGRAPHIC VARIABLES AS A DETERMINANT PRINCIPALS ADMINISTRATIVE PRACTICES IN ENUGU STATE NIGERA

The paper discusses the following concepts: demographic variables, administration and relationship between principal’s demographic variables and their administrative performance. The researchers seeks find out the influence of demographic variables is a determinant principals administrative practices Enugu State. The objectives were to determine the influence of demographic variables determinant principals’ administrative practices in Enugu State. The study employed descriptive Survey research. The target population of the study comprised all the 1496 principals in public secondary schools in Enugu State. Simple random sampling technique was used to sample 260 principals for the study. Five research questions were formulated in order to find out the influence of demographic variables as a determinant to principals administrative practices in Enugu State. A questionnaire titled influence of demographic variables as a determinant principals’ administrative practices questionnaire (IDVAPAPQ). Mean and standard deviation statistics were used to analyze the research questions. The result showed that secondary school principals in Enugu State the exhibits some common administrative practices of administrators which includes instructional management, staff personnel administration, school plant management, financial management, and school. Analyses were carried out using, mean standard deviation. The findings from the analysis of the study revealed that the common administrative practices of administrators in Enugu State were instructional management, staff personnel administration, school plant management, financial management. That principal often carries out their administrative practices irrespective of their educational qualification, gender, age and years of experience. It was also found out that administrative practices were not based on gender whether the principal is male or female. Furthermore it was also that age whether old or young does not determine how secondary school principals often carry out their administrative practices. Also it was found out that secondary school principals carry out their administrative practices irrespective of their work experience. Based on the findings and conclusions, it was therefore recommended that workshops and seminars should be organized for secondary school principals in Enugu state , in order to educate them on instructional management, staff personnel administration, school plant management, financial management, amongst others. In addition also, from the findings it was recommended that both male and female individuals should be given appointed as principals of secondary schools in Enugu State as the study has shown no disposition in their administrative practices.