School-Community Relationship and Management of Secondary Schools in Niger State, Nigeria
*1Ummi Haruna Tijjani, 2Sani Salisu and 3Umar Aliyu
*1Department of Educational Foundations and Curriculum Faculty of Education, Ahmadu Bello University, Zaria, Nigeria
2Department of Educational Foundations, Umaru Sanda Ahmadu College of Education, Minna, Niger State
3Department of Educational Foundations, Umaru Sanda Ahmadu College of Education, Minna, Niger State, Nigeria. Email: mailto:umaraliyutamim@gmail.com
Abstract
This study examined the influence of school-community relationship on management of secondary schools in Niger State, Nigeria. Descriptive survey research design was used for the study. The target population of the study was 4, 968 respondents which comprises of 4,170 senior secondary school teachers, 266 principals and 532 School Based Management Committee officials from the 10 Education Zones in the state. Multistage sampling technique was used to select 346 sample of respondents for the study. A self designed questionnaire of twenty (20) items, tagged “School-Community Relationship and Management of Schools Questionnaire (SCAMOSQ)” was used to collect data for the study. Two (2) experts validated the instrument and the reliability index yielded 0.81 using Cronbach’s Alpha Method. Descriptive statistics of mean was used to answer the research questions while One-Way-Analysis of Variance (ANOVA) was used to test the formulated null hypotheses at 0.05 level of significance. The findings of the study revealed that cordial relationship between school and community enhance the provision of instructional materials such as textbooks, sport facilities and wall charts, in most secondary schools in Niger State. The study recommended that Principals should maintain good working relationship with the teachers, SBMC officials and other stakeholders so as to compliment government efforts in provision of instructional materials needed in schools.
Keywords: Discipline, Community, Instructional Facilities, School, School-Community Relationship
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