EVALUATION OF THE MANAGEMENT OF SECONDARY SCHOOLS IN ZARIA AND GIWA EDUCATION ZONES, KADUNA STATE, NIGERIA

Fati Isa Waziri, and Abubakar Sule

Abstract

The study examined the evaluation of the management of secondary schools in Zaria and Giwa Education Zone, Nigeria. Descriptive survey research design was adopted for the study. The population of the study is three hundred and eighty-six (386) comprising 5 MOE Officials, 60   principals from secondary schools, 203 teachers and 118 Parents Teachers Association (P.T.A) officials in both public and private secondary schools in the Education Zones. Multi – stage, simple and stratified random sampling technique was used to select the schools, teachers as well as parents used for the study. A set of structured questionnaires was used to collect data for the study. The data was analyzed using mean, percentages, frequencies, and Standard Deviation was used to answer research questions while Analysis of Variance (ANOVA) was employed to answered the Research hypotheses. The hypothesis formulated were tested at 0.05 level of significance. All hypotheses were Retained. The study revealed that parents were much involved in the funding of secondary schools in the Education Zones. The study also revealed that secondary schools were moderately effective. Based on the findings, some recommendations that parents    and well-meaning individuals in the society should joint hand with government to fund secondary schools   and that government should impose the evaluation of teachers by students and others stakeholders in the education industry to enhance academic performance of students.