EXTENT OF TEACHERS INVOLVEMENT IN SECONDARY SCHOOL ADMINISTRATION IN ENUGU STATE

Abstract

The study centered on the extent to which teachers are involved in decision making in secondary school administration in Enugu State. Two research questions were raised and two null hypotheses were formulated to guide the study. The population consists of 4520 female teachers and 2410 male teachers, giving a total of 6930 secondary school teachers. The sample consist of 692 teachers, which was selected through a stratified random sampling procedure. A structure questionnairewas designed to elicit appropriate information from the respondents. The instrument was faced validated by three experts, two from educational management department and one in measurement and evaluation department all from faculty of education in Enugu State University of Science and Technology. The reliability co-efficient of the instrument was calculated using Cronbach alpha method. Alpha value was found to be 0.86 indicating high reliability of the instrument. Mean rating were used to answers the research questions, and t- test statistics was used to test the hypotheses at 0.5 level of significance. The Findings of this study indicatesthat teachers are involved to a great extent in decision-making in secondary schools administration in Enugu state. The authorsrecommended among others that School administrators should endeavour to always involve teachers in any decision-making that will affect them and make them to be part of any decision-making in the school system.

Key Words. Business administration, decision-making, Involvement, secondary schools