Assessment of Data Driven Decision on Policy Implementation by Institutional Leaders in Tertiary Institutions in Kogi State

Abstract

The study highlights the importance of applying data driven decision making among institutional leaders for policy and implementation in educational institutions. It is a routine for both administrators and institutional leaders to have a leadership approach that values decision that can be backed up with verifiable data. The study employed survey research design, questionnaire to elicit information from respondents. Population of the study includes all the institutional leaders in seven tertiary institutions in Kogi State. Simple random sampling technique was used to select five institutions with sample size of one hundred and twelve (112) that includes Vice Chancellors, Rectors and Provost, Heads of Department, Directors and Deans of Faculties in same institutions. Reliability coefficient of 0.70 was obtained using Cronbach Alpha. Simple percentage was used to answer the research questions and Analysis of variance (ANOVA) was used to test the hypotheses at 0.05 levels of significance. The finding shows that most institutional leaders used data-driven decision- making process for policy formulation and implementation and institutional leaders used different sources of data such as students’ enrollment data among others for decision making. The study recommend among others that all data should be upgrade annually to accommodate flexible decision that will enhance effective and efficiency policy formulation and implementation.