Abstract

This study investigated the extent to which development communication induces the administration of secondary schools in Delta State. It is a survey study based on ex-post facto design. The researcher raised some questions and formulated three hypotheses were tested using z-test to guide the study. The target of the population of the study was 320 public secondary school principals and 9608 teachers in the state. The researcher sampled 30 (9%) principals and 650 teachers (3%) through simple random sampling technique. The instrument was validated in its face and content values. The researcher made some findings that there is a significant difference in the inducement of development communication on the administration of secondary schools, using school location, sex and experience as the independent variables. Conclusions and recommendations were drawn from the findings that in development communication process, principals should know that development communication can never be over-emphasized in the daily running of the schools; as a result, principals should ensure that development communication is effectively carried out to enhance discipline and to maintain law and order.

Key words: Development communication, administration, secondary schools, Delta State, Nigeria.