IMPACT OF LEADERSHIP STYLE IN EFFECTIVE TEACHING AND LEARNING CHRISTIAN RELIGIOUS STUDIES IN SECONDARY SCHOOLS IN OSHIMILI NORTH LOCAL GOVERNMENT AREA, DELTA STATE

Schools and school leadership have continued to be scrutinized by the legislature and public. With the passage of such laws as No Child Left Behind in 2001, the accountability standard of public schools has risen to all-time levels. The study explored the challenges facing teachers in using CRS to enhance values amongst students in schools in order to seek ways of alleviating them. The literature review seeks to discover the effects school leaders have on student achievement. This literature review looked at a variety of leadership styles, identify the direct/indirect influences of school leadership on learning, leadership and teacher efficacy traits that impact learning and consider school leadership traits that lead to student achievement. The findings also indicated that media/internet had a negative influence on the student’s acquisition of values. The study also revealed that the learners access some materials which are not good for their moral development for instance fictitious movies and pornographic materials through the media and particularly the internet. In conclusion, good leadership style enhanced effective and efficient teaching/learning of Religious Studies thereby improving the performance of students. Therefore, Delta State Ministry of ERducation should endeavour to give principals periodical allocation for teachers’ incentives to motivate the good ones among them. There is also need for administrative support in CRS teachers in terms of provision of instructional materials, and incentives to CRS teachers.