Abstract:
The study's primary aim is to evaluate the leadership competence of school principals in the Southwest 2 district of the DepEd Butuan City Division. The evaluation will be used as a basis for suggesting policies on accountability. Descriptive-correlational research design was used in this study, and Cochran's formula was employed to determine the sample size of participants. Results revealed that 50% of the school heads were aged between 51-55, had completed their master's degree, had 7-9 years of experience, and attended at least 16-20 trainings in the last five years. While the teachers' perceptions of their school heads' responsibility and accountability traits were satisfactory, their leadership skills in various areas such as vision for results and equity, planning and operation, culture, staff development, and personal leadership and growth were only somewhat true. Furthermore, Spearman rho correlation analysis demonstrated no significant relationship between the school heads' profiles and their level of leadership skills. Similarly, the Mann-Whitney U test did not provide significant evidence of a difference at a 0.05 level of significance.
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