The purpose of this study was to assess extent of principals’ implementation of education management information systems in staff personnel management in secondary schools in South-East of Nigeria. The study was guided by one research question and one null hypothesis. The descriptive survey research design was adopted. The population for the study was 1241 public secondary school principals in the area of the study. The sample of this study comprised 870 principals who were the respondents in the study. The instrument for data collection is a structured questionnaire designed by the researcher. The validity of the instrument was determined using three experts. The reliability of the instrument was established using cronbach alpha which yielded coefficient of 0.75 and was considered adequate for the study. The researcher and research assistants administered the instrument directly to the respondents. Mean scores and standard deviations were used to answer the research question while t- test was used to test the hypothesis at 0.05 level of significance. Findings of the study indicated that principals of secondary schools in South-East of Nigeria did not implement EMIS in staff personnel management to high extent and that male and female secondary school principals in the area did not differ significantly in their mean ratings on the extent they have implemented EMIS in staff personnel management. It was recommended among others that principals should implement EMIS in managing staff personnel issues in their schools.

Keywords : Principal; Education; Management; Information System; Staff Personnel; Secondary School