Quest Journals Journal of Research in Humanities and Social Science Volume 11 ~ Issue 5 (2023) pp: 10-14 ISSN(Online):2321-9467 www.questjournals.org *Corresponding Author: DR. OKAFOR PATRICK CHINENYE10 | Page Research Paper The Role of Principal in Managing and Implementing Policy on Education in Public Secondary Schools in Anambra State. DR. OKAFOR PATRICK CHINENYE Department of Education Foundation Chukwuemeka Odumegwu Ojukwu University, Igbariam Campus, Anambra State And DR. CHINWE JULIANA ENEMUO Department of Science Education Chukwuemeka Odumegwu Ojukwu University, Uli Campus, Anambra State Abstract This paperspecifically examined the role of principals in managing and implementing policy onEducation in Public secondary schools in Anambra State. The paper also looked into the possible challenges facing principals in public secondary school. However, this necessitates the introduction of some roles of principal which covers many different areas including leadership, teacher evaluation, furthermore, being an effective principal is hard work and is also time-consuming. A good principal is balanced within all her roles and works hard to ensure that he is doing what he feels is best for all constituents involved. It has also been discovered that restricting factors such as, Time is a major limiting factor for every principal. A principal must become efficient at practices such as prioritizing, scheduling, andevaluating the students Performanceand so on. Mindful of other issues, the following recommendations were made; Ministry of Education should collaborate with relevant stakeholders to enhance principals’ role in managing and implementing policy on Education through leadership strategies, intensive and annually seminars, workshops and conferences. KEYWORD: Principals, managing, implementing, policy on Education, Secondary schools Received 20 Apr., 2023; Revised 01May, 2023; Accepted 03May, 2023 © The author(s) 2023. Published with open access at www.questjournals.org I. INTRODUCTION A principal is regarded as the leader and head of secondary school. Principal plays a vital role in administering the school with teaching and non teaching staff, teaching equipment and other facilities that will improve teaching and learning. The principals as the chief accounting officers of the schools are saddled with the responsibility of ensuring judicious use of school funds through several financial management competency. Alia and Iwuoha (2014) opined that principals’ financial management competency for effective administration of schools include prioritizing financial allocation according to needs, ensuring that budgets replicate agreed goals and objectives, delegating the mechanism of financial matters to capable staff, keeping close check on financial matters delegated to staff, working within the constraints of the school budget, planning and sourcing for funds for school development, keeping accurate financial information about the school and giving fair financial position of the school. Ugwu, Chime and Agu (2020), noted that financial management competencies are required of principals to ensure that the desired goals or outcomes of education are achieved with the least possible resources. The principals demonstrate financial management competency through sourcing and ensuring prudence in the use of school funds. Managing can be defined as use of one's powers to lead, guide, or dominate. Also managing implies taking responsibility for the acts and achievements of a group. . The term implementation can be defined as getting a newly developed or significantly changed system to be used by those