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APPRAISAL OF COMMUNITY PARTICIPATION IN THE ADMINISTRATION OF PUBLIC SECONDARY SCHOOLS IN EDUCATION ZONE “C” OF BENUE STATE
ABSTRACT
This study was carried out to appraise community participation in the
administration of public secondary schools in Education Zone “C” of Benue State.
Four research questions and two null hypotheses were posed and formulated
respectively to guide the study. The hypotheses were tested at 0.05 level of
significance. The related literature to the study was reviewed under four main
headings namely: conceptual framework, theoretical framework, review of related
empirical studies and summary of literature review. This study used descriptive
survey research design. The population of the study was 1427 while the sample
was 284 respondents. The instrument for data collection was a questionnaire titled
“Appraisal of Community Participation Questionnaire (ACPQ)”. Three experts
validated the instrument, two in Educational Administration and Planning,
department of educational foundations and one expert in measurement and
evaluation, department of science education, all from University of Nigeria,
Nsukka. The instrument was trial tested and the overall reliability coefficient of
0.91 was obtained. Mean and standard deviation were used to answer the research
questions that guided the study, while t-test statistic was used to test the null
hypotheses formulated at 0.05 level of significance. The Results of the study
revealed that: the communities participate in funding public secondary schools in
Education Zone “C” of Benue State to a less extent, the communities also
participate in the provision of infrastructural facilities in Education Zone “C” of
Benue State to a less extent. Communication gap between the community and the
school was one of the problems militating against community participation in
administration of public secondary schools. The respondents in rural and urban
schools had the same views on the strategies for integrating community members
for effective school administration in Education Zone “C” of Benue State. It was
recommended among others that since the Principal, the teachers and the
education administrators are also members of the community, they can help to
disseminate information to other members of the community on the need to take
active participation in the education of the young ones. The limitations of this
study were highlighted and suggestions were made for further studies.
Masters Project Topics in Educational Foundations
APPRAISAL OF COMMUNITY PARTICIPATION IN THE ADMINISTRATION OF PUBLIC SECONDARY SCHOOLS IN EDUCATION ZONE “C” OF BENUE STATE
Department: Educational Foundations (M.Ed)
Format: MS Word
Chapters: 1 - 5, Preliminary Pages, Abstract, References, Appendix, Questionnaire
Page Numbers: 127
