AGHAYERE FRIEDAAYEVBOSA

This study investigated the effectiveness of the leadership style of the principal on the performance of secondary school teachers in Oredo Local Government Area of Edo state. To guide the study four research questions were raised and answered directly. The descriptive survey design was adopted for the study. The population of the study consisted of five hundred and thirty-nine (539) teachers from the 14 public secondary schools in Oredo Local Government Area of Edo state. a sample of one hundred (100) teachers from 5 public secondary schools was randomly selected for the study. The research instrument used to gather data for the study was a Questionnaire titled Principal’s Leadership Styles and Teachers’ Performance Questionnaire (PLSTPQ). Data collected were analyzed using the descriptive statistics (mean and standard deviation). The findings revealed that the most commonly used leadership style in public secondary schools in Oredo Local Government Area of Edo State is the Democratic leadership style. The study also revealed that the level of effectiveness of principal’s leadership styles and teachers’ level of performance in secondary schools in Oredo Local Government Area of Edo State is high. It was concluded that the effectiveness of principal’s leadership style positively affects teachers’ performance in public secondary schools in Oredo Local Government Area of Edo State.