Determination of Resources Adequacy for Quality Assurance in Management of Secondary Schools in Enugu State

Abstract

The decline in the quality of education received by secondary school students in Enugu State may be attributed to insufficient resources. This prompted the researcher to determine resources adequacy for quality assurance in the management of secondary schools in Enugu state. Two research questions guided the study. Descriptive survey research design was adopted for the study. The population of the study comprised 291 public secondary school principals in Enugu state. Cluster and stratified random sampling techniques were used to sample 130 principals for the study. The researcher-developed instrument titled ‘‘Resource Adequacy Checklist (RAC)’’ was used for data collection. The instrument was validated by three experts in Faculty of Education, Nnamdi Azikiwe University. Using Kappa coefficient for test of internal consistency, reliability indices of 0.76 and 0.77 were obtained for sections A to B respectively with an overall coefficient index of 0.76. The researcher together with five research assistants collected data for the study using direct administration method. A total of 126 out of the 130 copies of the instrument administered which is a 97% were retrieved. Ratio was utilized for the data analysis. The findings of the study revealed among others that non-teaching staff in secondary schools in Enugu state are inadequate. It was also found out that teaching staff in secondary schools in Enugu state are inadequate. Based on the findings, it was recommended among others that Government should through mass media encourage parents, individuals and organization to support in recruitment of more teachers for quality assurance in schools.