SOCIAL MEDIA: THE INSTRUMENTS FOR PERSONNEL ADMINISTRATION AND INSTRUCTIONAL PROCESSES IN SECONDARY SCHOOLS IN DELTA STATE

ONORIODE A OPITI; SUNDAY T AFANGIDEH

SOCIAL MEDIA: THE INSTRUMENTS FOR PERSONNEL ADMINISTRATION AND INSTRUCTIONAL PROCESSES IN SECONDARY SCHOOLS IN DELTA STATE

ONORIODE A OPITI, SUNDAY T AFANGIDEH

Abstract

The study established the utilization extent of social media in the administration of school personnel and instructional processes in secondary schools in Delta State. Two research questions and 2 hypotheses guided the study, with the adoption of analytical descriptive survey design, with a population of 447 public secondary schools in Delta State. These schools have a corresponding number of 447 principals from which 358 (representing 80%) was selected, as the sample, using the proportionate stratified random sampling technique. The participants in the study responded to a validated 24-item instrument titled ‘Social Media Utilization in School Personnel and Instructional Processes Administration Scale (SMUSPIPAS) designed by the researchers in the modified 4 point Likert Scale model, with a reliability index of 0.74 obtained using the Cronbach Alpha statistics. Mean and standard deviation were used in answering the research questions while z. test was used in testing the hypotheses, at 0.05 level of significance. The findings of the study show that to a very high extent, the social media are used in the administration of school personnel and instructional processes. The study also established among others, a significant difference between the mean ratings of male and female principals on the extent the social media are used in the administration of school personnel and no significant difference between the mean ratings of principals from urban and rural schools, on the extent the social media are utilized in the administration of schools’ instructional processes. It was therefore concluded that, the social media have been integrated into the administration of school personnel and instructional processes through with some variations occasioned by gender and geographical location. It was therefore recommended that designated school officials and others involved in the administration of educational personnel and instructional processes should continue to make use of the social media in handling these activities while also backing it up with other modes of communication and interaction.

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