Funding and Management of Public Senior Secondary Schools in Federal Capital Territory (FCT), Abuja, Nigeria

Abstract

The study focused on the funding and management of Public Senior Secondary Schools in Federal Capital Territory, Abuja. The study was guided by four research questions, four objectives and three null hypotheses. The research design used for this study was cross-sectional survey research design. The population of this study consisted of 4,714 subjects (4014 teachers and 57 principals). 767 respondents (647 teachers and 20 principals) drawn from 20 schools in three selected Area Councils in Federal Capital Territory, Abuja. The instrument used for data collection was the researchers’ self-designed questionnaire called Questionnaire on Funding and Management of Secondary Schools (QFMSS). The instrument was duly validated and it yielded 0.72 as validity index. The instrument was pilot tested on 20 teachers in GSS Kuje and the coefficient of internal consistency of 0.78 was obtained. Descriptive statistics of mean and standard deviation were used to answer the research questions while Pearson’s product moment correlation was employed to test all the hypotheses at 0.05 level of significance. The findings of the study indicated that there is a significant relationship between funding and provision of school facilities in Federal Capital Territory senior secondary schools, there is a significant relationship between funding and staff employment in Federal Capital Territory senior secondary schools and there is a significant relationship between funding and maintenance of school facilities in Federal Capital Territory senior secondary schools. One of the recommendations of the study was that the Federal Capital Territory Secondary Education Board should solicit for special intervention funds from international organizations, advanced countries and other donor agencies such as United Nations Educational Scientific and Cultural Organization (UNESCO), African Union (AU), European Union (EU), the United States of America, the United Kingdom among others to facilitate effective management of secondary schools in Federal Capital Territory.