Elimination of Time Wasters A Strategy for Secondary School Administrative Effectiveness in Kogi State, Nigeria
Keywords:
Time wasters, Strategy, School Administrative effectiveness, School Administrators.Abstract
The paper examined the elimination of time wasters as a strategy for Secondary school administrative effectiveness in Kogi State, Nigeria based on the responsibilities that are assigned to the school administrators for effective smooth running and the achievement of set educational goals in school system. The paper reveals that most secondary school administrators in Kogi State, Nigeria indulge in some activities which are termed as time wasters instead of focusing on the school activities that are appointed to carry out, some of these time wasters are; personal phone calls, reading of newspapers, delegation avoidance, procrastination, gap in communication, attending to drop in visitors, meeting more than necessary, indecision, unscheduled meeting among others.
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