An Assessment of Head Teachers’ Quality Assurance Strategies in the Management of Secondary School Finance in North East A Survey of Some Selected Secondary Schools in the North-Eastern State of Nigeria

Abstract

The researchers examined head teachers’ quality assurance strategies in the management of school finance in north eastern states. A survey research design was adopted in this study using questionnaire with five research questions and four hypotheses. The population of the study was made up of all the public senior secondary schools from the six (6) north eastern states. All the six (6) states was used selecting a handy number of public senior secondary school head teachers, vice head teacher academics, vice head teacher administration and school bursars. The instrument of the research was a design interview and a researcher structured rating scale titled “Head Teachers’ Quality Assurance Strategies in the Management of School Finance Scale” (HTQASMSFS). Cronbach alpha statistic was used to establish its reliability with an index of 0.84. Means and standard deviations was used to answer the research questions while the hypotheses for the study was analysed using one sample t-test statistic at p < 0.05 level of significance. Generally head teachers in secondary source for fund, utilizes fund, keeps financial record and control school finances so as to ensure and advocate for adequate resources for economic programme, evaluate the uses of available financial resources and keep accurate information of financial records of the school. These expenditures are based on approved estimates of the year.