THE PROBLEMS OF MANAGEMENT IN SECONDARY SCHOOLS

THE PROBLEMS OF MANAGEMENT IN SECONDARY SCHOOLS

CHAPTER ONE

INTRODUCTION

BACKGROUND OF THE STUDY

According to Unugbro A. O. (2004) the most successful secondary school (HI) today are those that are translating modern management theories into practical action rather continuing to depend upon traditional individual management experience, trail and error method. Recent year have witness the failure of many secondary school (HI) both private and public academic not because they are worthless because they are poorly manage. According to Boyd and king (1983) education is a powerful instrument in transformation and modernization of society a commitment to the belief has characterized by intensive effort to extremely expansion of educational system opportunity have resulting phenomenal increase in higher number of school and in the study of environment of the students.

Unfortunately, the problems of staffing, planning, communication, directing and controlling in area of professional personnel, lack of facilities if the environment to be a conducive atmosphere, inadequate of institutional material, problems of administration strategies (RAS) higher population, finance and political reason (FAPR) have being apparent for the desire to lesson the effectiveness of their impediment in the teaching and learning process. In this era of technology (EOT) it is an advantage to introduce it to in other to promote the secondary school training and other scientific approach on the teaching industries.

Along side of this regards, secondary school  that is located at Edo State district with many confront with the problem of management as such secondary school in more generously the problem of management has become a complex task in higher institution. Due to social and economic change that is taking place in the complied with the over increment in knowledge and dynamic method of doing things. (This topic is therefore design to examine the problems of secondary school management).

STATEMENT OF PROBLEMS

The teachers are lacking equipment and teaching materials. There are inadequate facilities in the laboratory and library. Inadequate planning for enrolment population of the students.

RESEARCH QUESTION

·  Do you think that lack of facilities of the environment to be conducive atmospheres contribute to problem of management in secondary school?

· Do you think that political reason contributes to the problems of management in secondary school?

·  Is problems encounter in the administration strategies of the secondary school management?

·  Lack of management of higher population and finance is a problem of secondary school management?

· Inadequate human and material resources is secondary schools management problems

THE OBJECTIVE OF THE STUDY

§  To find out whether there is a professional personal in secondary school?

§  To find out if there is a conducive management in atmosphere of teaching in secondary school.

§  To know whether political reason contributed to the problems of secondary school?

SIGNIFICANCE OF THE STUDY       

The study will improve other study and standard of research work. The study will be important to research students working on the related topic. The study when successfully completed will be of valuable to the education planner.

DEFINITION OF TERMS

Management: This is a group of people that come together and put the effort to achieve the objective of the institution

Population: The number of people that are in the school environment

School: This is the geographical area when learning takes place

Society: This is a group of people living in an area of land that have common interest, believe and share ideal

Educationist: This is the scholar in the academic career.

Effectiveness: The application of skill and knowledge

Problem: Barrier

Staff: These are the intellectual and skill lecturers in the school