APPLICATION OF ARTIFICIAL INTELLIGENCE POWERED TOOLS FOR PRINCIPALS’ MANAGEMENT OF SECONDARY SCHOOLS IN ANAMBRA STATE

Abstract

The study examined principals’ application of AI powered tools for secondary schools management inAnambra State. Two research questions guided the study and two hypotheses were tested at 0.05 levelof significance. The descriptive survey design was adopted for the study. The population of the studycomprised 267 principals of public secondary schools in Anambra State. The entire population wasused for the study because it was manageable. The instrument for data collection was a self-structuredquestionnaire which was validated by three experts. Test of reliability was done using CronbachAlpha which reported reliability coefficients of 0.86 and 0.88 for Clusters, 1 and 2 respectively withan overall reliability coefficient of 0.87. Mean and Standard deviation and t-test were used to analysedata for the study. Finding of the study revealed that principals applied QuickBooks AI tool in thefinancial management of secondary schools in Anambra State to a low extent. Finding also showedprincipals applied BambooHR AI tool for the management of human resources in secondary schoolsin Anambra State to a low extent. Finding also showed that principals with prior experience in usingAI tools reported significantly higher levels of application than those without such experience. Basedon these findings, the researchers conclude that principals apply AI-powered tools in secondary schoolmanagement to a low extent. It was therefore recommended that the Post Primary Schools ServiceCommission should organise regular training and capacity-building workshops for school principalson the effective use of AI-powered tools like QuickBooks and BambooHR