Educational Leaders’ Perception of the Effectiveness of Edtech Integration in Secondary School Management

We conducted this study with the aim to investigate educational leaders’ perception of the effectiveness of edtech integration in secondary school management. The study adopted descriptive survey design. 936 administrators were drawn to participate in the study through census approach. A validated 40-item instrument with a reliability index of .88 was employed for data collection, and analysed through pie chart, mean and standard deviation, independent t-test and One-Way Analysis of Variance. Findings clearly revealed that the leaders do not believe that EdTech integration has been effectively implemented nor has it significantly improved secondary school management and students’ overall outcome. They believe more work is required for EdTech to significantly improve students’ overall participation and intrinsic motivation in secondary schools because multiple factors significantly hamper effective EdTech integration in secondary schools. Findings also revealed that mid-career educational leaders hold the most favorable views of EdTech effectiveness and integration compared to their less and more experienced counterparts. This suggests that addressing variations between qualification levels may foster more positive EdTech perceptions uniformly. Also, leadership programmes and professional development should tailor EdTech integration approaches based on experience levels and qualifications