This study investigated massification of students’ intake and
effectiveness of administration in public secondary schools in Akwa Ibom State. An
ex-post facto correlational design was used. Three research questions were
formulated to guide the study and three Null hypotheses were tested. The population
of the study consisted of all the 221 public secondary school principals in the state.
The sample size of 57 principals (25 percent) with 171 teachers that is, 3 teachers
rating one school principal was drawn for the study using cluster and the simple
random sampling techniques on Local Education Committee bases. Data collection
was done with the use of a researcher designed instrument tagged “Effectiveness of
Secondary School Administration Questionnaire (EOSSAQ)” for teachers only.
Cronbach Alpha statistics used to determine the reliability of the instrument gave a
reliability coefficient of 0.76.The statistical technique used for both the research
questions and Null hypotheses was simple linear regression at 0.05 alpha levels with
1 and 54 degree of freedom. Findings from the study, revealed no significant
relationship between massification of students’ intake and effectiveness of school
supervision, supply of school facilities and managing of school budgets. All the null
hypotheses were retained. The study thus concluded that massification of students’
intake has no direct relationship on the effectiveness of secondary school
administration. Based on this, it was recommended that administrators and all heads
of schools should not panic whenever there is influx of students in their school
enrolment. State Secondary Education Board should have some sort of incentives to
use and encourage principals who manage their schools without much demand on
the government for their ingenuity.