AN IDENTIFICATION OF THE PROBLEMS OF SECONDARY SCHOOL MANAGEMENT

ABSTRACT

Management could be defined as a social process of making use of human and non-human resources to achieve organizational goals (onifade, 2004). Management involves planning, controlling, organizing, staing, leading, coordinating and directing the available resources (Adeleke, 2001). The central duty of management in any organization is to coordinate the eorts of people towards the achievement of the stated goals of that organization. Management in our educational organizations, therefore, has as its basic function as the enhancement of teaching and learning. All the activities of School managers, whether working with parent-Teachers association (PTA), the professional sta or a contractor of supplies must, ultimately, contribute to this end, thus management as the component areconcerned with facilitating the accomplishment of the objectives of an organization through The systematic management of constraint and careful utilization of the available limited resources, which include human materials, equipment, supplies, finance, space and work techniques of technology.

It is important to observe that ordinary citizens, instructional stas including teachers and school managers each have an area of activity distributive to them. Also each level of activity must be related to the others or else there will be malfunction in the organization. The head of School and subordinates have the administrative responsibilities of directing the available resources towards actualization of the goals. Management is the pillar of every organization especially in secondary schools. Secondary- management comprises the school administrators, people who are in charge of managing the school.

CHAPTER ONE

1:1 Background of the study

Management could be defined as a social process of making use of human and non-human resources to achieve organizational goals (onifade, 2004). Management involves planning, controlling, organizing, staing, leading, coordinating and directing the available resources (Adeleke, 2001). The central duty of management in any organization is to coordinate the eorts of people towards the achievement of the stated goals of that organization. Management in our educational organizations, therefore, has as its basic function as the enhancement of teaching and learning. All the activities of School managers, whether working with parent-Teachers association (PTA), the professional sta or a contractor of supplies must, ultimately, contribute to this end, thus management as the component are concerned with facilitating the accomplishment of the objectives of an organization through

2 The systematic management of constraint and careful utilization of the available limited resources, which include human materials, equipment, supplies, finance, space and work techniques of technology. It is important to observe that ordinary citizens, instructional stas including teachers and school managers each have an area of activity distributive to them. Also each level of activity must be related to the others or else there will be malfunction in the organization. The head of School and subordinates have the administrative responsibilities of directing the available resources towards actualization of the goals. They plan the classrooms and out-of –classroom activities for teachers and students. They co-ordinate the school activities in order to ensure that many programmes go on at the same time without conflicting with others. More precisely, managers who raise money, who set up buildings, who institute accounting procedures, who organize levies for school uniforms and many other things they do without clear reference to these activities, may 3 forget that management is not primary but it is always instrumental. Managerial decisions of administration are valueless unless they are geared to the implementation of organizational goals.

Management is the pillar of every organization especially in secondary schools. Secondary- management comprises the school administrators, people who are in charge of managing the school. Specifically they perform the following administrative duties: 1 Resources and programme planning and policymaking. 2 Provision and maintenance of funds and facilities. 3 Obtaining the development of personnel. 4 Improving of instructional programmes. 5 Student personnel services and maintenance of eective interrelationship with the community and external agencies.

1.2 Purpose of the study

The purpose of this research is as follows: 1 4 To identify the problems or challenges experienced in Secondary School management in Enugu East Local government Area. 2 To identify the roles of Local governments in Secondary School management in Enugu Eats. 3 To identify the managerial and infrastructural needs of educational Institutions (secondary schools) in Enugu East. 4 To identify the eects of sta Supervision and inspection in secondary School management in Enugu East Local government area.

Statement of problem

The researchers have observed from available literature that how to design and implement the solution of the difficulties encountered by Secondary School management has posed a great problem because an Identification of the problems of the Secondary School Management (in Enugu East has been difficult). Therefore, the problem is, How can the various factors responsible for difficulty in effectively managing the secondary schools be clearly 5 identified? And having identified there, can they readily be solved?