The study investigated impact of principals’ development skills on administrative effectiveness in public secondary schools in Rivers state. Three objectives and three hypotheses were formulated to guide the study. A correlational survey design was adopted. The population of the study consisted of all the two hundred seventy eighty (278) principals in public secondary schools in Rivers state, Nigeria. A stratified sampling technique was adopted in selecting a sample of one hundred, and thirty nine (139) principals in public secondary schools in Rivers state, Nigeria. This represents 50% of the entire population of principals. The instrument that was used for data collection is a questionnaire titled Principals Development Skill Questionnaire (PDSQ) and Administrative Effectiveness Questionnaire (AEQ). Simple regression analysis was used in answering the research questions, while t test associated with simple regression was implored in testing the hypotheses. The findings revealed that principal’s decision making skill, communication skill and problem solving skills significantly affect administrative effectiveness in public secondary schools in Rivers state. The study concluded that communication is an indispensable management tool in every organization which the school is not an exemption to. Also, decision making in school is imperative and vital to its development. So, any school administrator, that takes decision making with levity, is likely to work in oblivion; hence, such school goals, policies, profitability, and growth are likely to be jeopardized.
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