A Quantitative Analysis of Servant Leadership Practices among Secondary School Principals from the Lens of Teachers A Panacea for Attainment of Secondary Schools Goals in Calabar Metropolis, Cross River State, Nigeria.pdf

Servant leadership concept has posed a lot of problems among educational stakeholders. Against this background, the study examined servant leadership practices among principals with attainment of educational goals in Calabar Metropolis, Cross River State. The study was guided by one research question and one research hypothesis. A descriptive survey research design was adopted. The population of the study was 1343 teachers and out of which, a sample of 537 teachers was selected. The instrument that was used for data collection was a self structured 30 items questionnaire titled; Principals‟ Servant Leadership Practices Questionnaire (PSLPQ). Mean, Standard deviation and independent t-test were the statistical tools used for data analysis. The results of the study indicated that, servant leadership practices in terms of principals‟ encouragement of team work, promoting team spirit, paying of attention to teachers‟ suggestions and being accountable to teachers, were among the servant leadership practiced at very high and high extent among the principals. However, principals working by sample, principals being humbled by not seeing themselves as the superior in the school, principals working with stewardship tendency, principals admitting their personal limitations, principals not demanding special recognition for being leaders, including others practices, were the servant leadership practices that were practiced at low and very low extent by the principals. Again, there was no significant difference in the servant leadership practices among principals in public secondary schools in Calabar Municipality and Calabar South Local Government Areas in Calabar Metropolis of Cross River State, Nigeria. It was recommended among others that, The government through the Ministry of Education should ensure that seminars and conferences are regularly organized for secondary school principals on the need and importance of servant leadership practices in secondary schools. Keywords: Leadership, Servant leadership, Secondary School, Principals and Teachers. Teachers