Dr. Chijioke Clancy Amadi & Kenneth-Okedi, Imereoma Worlu
CONTEMPORARY ISSUES TO EFFECTIVE ADMINISTRATION OF PUBLIC SENIOR SECONDARY SCHOOLS IN SOUTH-SOUTH REGION, RIVERS AND BAYELSA STATE
ABSTRACT
The study investigated contemporary inhibiting factors to effective administration of public senior secondary school in South-south region Rivers and Bayelsa State. Four research questions and hypotheses guided the study. The population of this study comprised all the 13193 teachers and principals in the 435 public senior secondary schools in Rivers and Bayelsa State. The sample size of the study was 1406 (130 principals and 1276 teachers) respondents. Non proportionate sampling technique was used to arrive at the sample. A self-designed instrument titled “Contemporary Inhibiting Factor to Effective Administration of Public Senior Secondary Schools in Rivers and Bayelsa State Questionnaire (CIEAPSSS)” was used for data collection. Face and content validities were ensured by experts. The Cronbach alpha was used to get the reliability coefficient of CIEAPSSS to be 0.88 while the subscales of Lack of ICT, Low staff Morale, Inadequate Facilities and Inadequate Funding were 0.81, 0.71 and 0.76 respectively. Mean and standard deviation were used to answer the research questions while z-test was used to test the null hypotheses at
0.05 level of significance. It was found that principals and teachers agreed to a high extent that lack of ICT, low staff morale, inadequate facilities, and inadequate funding influence effective administration of public senior secondary schools in Rivers and Bayelsa State. It was recommended that The Ministry of Education, State and Local government should provide basic ICT facilities such as computer, printer, flash, modem among others can enhance effective administration. The Ministry of Education should use reward systems such as recognition and delegation for professional development in order to enhance the morals of staff of secondary schools in Rivers State.
