SUPERVISORS’ PERCEPTION OF RECORD MANAGEMENT PRACTICES BY SECRETARIES IN COLLEGES OF EDUCATION IN SOUTH EAST NIGERIA

Francisca N. Nnajiofor, Anastasia Nwadiuto Ikeh-Anayo

Abstract


This study examined supervisors’ perception of record management practices by secretaries in colleges of education in South East Nigeria. Two research questions guided the study while three null hypotheses were tested. This study adopted a descriptive survey research design. The population of this study consisted of 107 supervisors from seven colleges of education in South East Nigeria. The entire population of 107 supervisors from colleges of education in in South East Nigeria was used as sample for this study. Therefore, there is no sampling for the study since the population is of a manageable number. The instrument was titled “Records Management Practices Questionnaire (RMPQ)”. The instrument was subjected to face validation done by three experts. Cronbach Alpha was used to determine the internal consistency of the instrument. An overall co-efficient of 0.83 was obtained. The researcher personally administered the questionnaire to the respondents in their offices with the help of four research assistants who were briefed by the researcher on what to do. Mean and standard deviation were statistical tools used to answer the research questions while t-Test of independence was used to test the null hypotheses at 0.05 alpha level. The findings revealed that supervisors agreed on record creation practices while they disagreed on record storage practices and record maintenance practices of secretaries in colleges of education in South East Nigeria. The findings also revealed that there is no significant difference in the mean ratings of supervisors on record creation practices and record storage practices, record maintenance practices of secretaries in colleges of education in South East Nigeria based on their years of experience and gender. Based on these findings, it was recommended amongst others that secretaries in colleges of Education in South East Nigeria should enrol in workshop training programmes to acquire relevant records management practices.

Keywords. Supervisors, secretaries, record, record management

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