MANAGEMENT INFORMATION SYSTEMAND SCHOOL EFFECTIVENESS IN PUBLIC SENIOR SECONDARY SCHOOLS IN ILORIN METROPOLIS, KWARA STATE

Abstract

Management information system enhances the level of school administration.. This study was conducted to investigate management information system and school effectiveness in public senior secondary schools in Ilorin Metropolis, Kwara State. Two research questions were raised and answered to guide the conduct of the study. One main and four research hypotheses were formulated and tested. It adopted correlational type of descriptive research design. One hundred and fifty respondents were used for the study. Management Information System Questionnaire and School Effectiveness Questionnaire were used for data collection. Descriptive statistics of mean and standard deviation was used to answer the research questions raised while inferential statistics of Pearson product moment correlation statistic was used to test the hypotheses at 0.05 level of significance. Findings showed that that management information system has positive and significant relationship with school effectiveness in public senior secondary schools in Ilorin Metropolis, Kwara State. Based on the findings, it was recommended among others that the identified management information system should guide the school principals in utilizing the management information system outputs for school effectiveness.