Generating and Allocating Internal Revenue for Public Secondary School Administration in Cross River State

The design adopted for this study was correlation. Population of the study consisted of all the 504 public secondary schools principals in 18 LGAs in Cross Rivers State. However, purposive sampling technique was use to select the 504 principals a sample for the study. There were two research questions and two hypotheses formulated for the study. Questionnaire was the instrument used for data collection with 20 items and titled “Generation and Allocation of Internal Revenue for School Administration Questionnaire” (GAIRSAQ). The GAIRSAQ was validated by the researchers’ supervisors as well as two experts from Measurement and Evaluation in the Department of Psychology, Guidance and Counseling. Split half statistic associated with Spearman Brown prophecy formula was used to estimate the reliability of the questionnaire with co-efficient of 0.86. Mean, standard deviation and rank order were used to answer the research questions while z-test was used to test the hypotheses at 0.05 level of significance. The findings of the study showed that rentage, community assistance, PTA contributions, fund raising campaigns were among the strategies for generating revenue in public secondary schools in Cross River State. The study also showed that revenue was majorly allocated based on the urgency of the need and that revenues generated were utilized for different administrative needs such as provision of facilities, maintenance and day-to-day running of the school. Therefore, it was recommended among others that principals should develop an equitable revenue allocation formula for effective administration of public secondary schools in Cross River State.

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Principals Gender and the Utilization of Legal Provisions in Administration of Secondary Schools in Cross River State, Nigeria

Journal of Economics Education and Entrepreneurship ◽

10.20527/jee.v2i2.3896 ◽

2021 ◽

Vol 2 (2) ◽

pp. 37

Author(s):

Scholastica C. O Ekere

Keyword(s):

Secondary School ◽

Secondary Schools ◽

School Administration ◽

Sampling Technique ◽

Cross River ◽

Cross River State ◽

Legal Provisions ◽

Ex Post ◽

Service Training ◽

Secondary School Administration

This study investigated the influence of principals` gender on the utilization of legal provisions in secondary school administration in cross river state, Nigeria. The sample consisted of four hundred and twenty six principals from both private and public secondary schools in cross river state. One hypothesis was formulated to guide they study. Ex-post facto design was adopted for the study. A sample size of 426 principals from public secondary schools, were drawn from a population of 780 principals using stratified random sampling technique. The instrument for data collection was a questionnaire titled “Principals utilization of legal provisions in secondary schools Administration Questionnaire (PULPSSAQ). The data collected were subjected to statistical analysis using independent t-test. The results of the data analyzed showed that female principals utilized legal provisions more than their counterparts’. The principals’ sex did not have any influence on staff administration and school community relation. It was concluded that sex of the principal was critical in some aspect of utilizations of legal provisions should be made for in service training, regular workshops and seminars for principals especially males to help upgrade their knowledge with modern techniques of utilizing legal provisions in secondary school administration.

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Extent of Application of Information Management Principles by Principlals of Public and Private Secondary Schools in their Schools Administration for Quality Assurance.

10.36265/ijired.2019.010138 ◽

2019 ◽

pp. 275-281

Author(s):

Ani C.I.

Keyword(s):

Quality Assurance ◽

Secondary Schools ◽

Information Management ◽

Sampling Technique ◽

Educational Management ◽

Public And Private ◽

Private And Public ◽

Research Questions ◽

Enugu State ◽

Measurement And Evaluation

The main purpose of this study was to determine the extent principals of private and public secondary schools in Enugu State apply the identified information management principles in the administration of their schools for quality assurance. The population for the study consisted of 816 principals and 3,128 teachers in the public and private secondary schools in Enugu State. Stratified, proportionate random sampling technique was used to get a sample of 394 respondents using 10% of each stratum. The design of the study was a descriptive survey. The instrument for data collection was a researcher made questionnaire, validated by 3 experts, one in the area of Measurement and evaluation and two in the area of educational management. The reliability of the instrument was tested using the responses from 10 principals and 46 teachers in public and private secondary schools in Ebonyi State. Four research questions and four hypotheses guided the study. The research questions were answered using mean and standard deviation, while the hypotheses were tested using t-test statistics.

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Principals’ Management Skills for Generating and Utilizing Internal Revenue for the Administration of Public Secondary Schools in Cross River State

International Journal of Scientific and Research Publications (IJSRP) ◽

10.29322/ijsrp.9.10.2019.p9458 ◽

2019 ◽

Vol 9 (10) ◽

pp. p9458

Author(s):

Comfort Omori Nyeh ◽

Adanma Ngozi Ohia

Keyword(s):

Secondary Schools ◽

Management Skills ◽

Cross River ◽

Cross River State ◽

Internal Revenue

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Teachers Characteristics, Related factors and Environmental Education Curriculum Implementation in Secondary Schools in Cross River State, Nigeria

GIS Business ◽

10.26643/gis.v15i2.18903 ◽

2020 ◽

Vol 15 (2) ◽

pp. 136-158

Author(s):

Eneji Chris-Valentine Ogar ◽

Petters Janet Sunday ◽

Onnoghen Usang Nkanu ◽

Asuquo Edung Etim

Keyword(s):

Regression Analysis ◽

Environmental Education ◽

Secondary Schools ◽

Classroom Management ◽

Curriculum Implementation ◽

Education Curriculum ◽

Related Factors ◽

Significance Level ◽

Cross River ◽

Cross River State

This study assessed the influence of teacher’s characteristics and other related factors in the implementation of Environmental Education curriculum in secondary schools in Cross River State, Nigeria. Two research designs were used, survey inferential and Expost facto research design. The study is located in the department of Environmental Education, University of Calabar, Nigeria. Two research questions converted into two hypotheses were formulated for the study. A sample of three hundred (300) respondents were selected using the multistage random sampling technique comprising of twenty five (25) lecturers and two hundred and seventy five (275) postgraduate and final year undergraduate students in the department of Environmental Education, University of Calabar. Data was collected using a structured questionnaire, the instrument administration was done by the researchers and same were collected 100%. Pearson Product Moment Correlation Analysis and regression analysis were used to test the hypotheses at 0.05 significance level and 298 and 290 degrees of freedom respectively. The result shows that teacher’s characteristics do significantly influence Environmental Education curriculum implementation in secondary schools. The regression analysis also shows that 6 factors listed impedes the implementation of Environmental Education curriculum, while four were not significant factors influencing Environmental Education curriculum in secondary schools. It was however recommended that teachers with competence in pedagogic knowledge of Environmental Education with classroom management skill should be employed to drive the process, while arrangement should be put in place to make Environmental Education a subject for students to offer and write in final senior secondary school examination among other.

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