An Assessment on Principals’ Leadership Styles In Primary Schools at Gambella Town Principals and Students’ Academic Performance
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2021-09
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Good leadership of the school plays an important role in raising the students’ academic
achievement in Ethiopia. This study investigated the leadership styles in relation to the
students’ academic performance in primary schools in Gambella. Specifically, the
study sought to identify major leadership styles employed in running primary schools,
to establish the extent to which leadership styles influence students’ performance and
to explore the relationship between leadership styles and their effectiveness in
managing curriculum implementation in primary schools. Qualitative and Quantitative
research ethods were used under the mixed research approach. A total of 50
respondents omprising of 9 heads of schools, 36 teachers, 2 regional education leaders
and 3district educational leaders were interviewed using interview guides and
Questionnaires respectively. In this study both quantitative and qualitative data
analysis techniques were used. The findings revealed that democratic leadership styles
mostly influence students’ academic achievement/ performance (R-value was 0.932),
implying that there is a strong and positive influence and significant at p=0.004 level of
democratic leadership style on students’ academic achievement. For Laissez- faire
leadership style, the relationship revealed negative influence on students’ academic
performance and was very weak (R-value of 0.1) and not significant (p=0.072).
Autocratic leadership style, although the relationship was very strong (R=0.546, the
relationship was insignificant with p value = 0.08. Based on the findings of the study, it
s recommended that educational administrators should ensure that Heads of schools are
given appropriate orientations before they are appointed as school heads. Additionally,
Heads of schools are asked to use more democratic leadership style if they want
students to achieve or excel good academic performance
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This study investigated the leadership styles in relation to the students’ academic performance in primary schools in Gambella