Politics and Management of Primary Schools in Uyo Educational Zone: Implications for National Development
Abstract
This study investigated the influence of politics on the management of primary schools in Uyo Educational Zone. Three research questions and three null hypotheses were postulated to guide the study. Descriptive survey research design was used for this study. The population of the study was 3,411, made up of 3,239 classroom teachers and 172 head teachers. The sample size for the study was 463 respondents, made up of 344 classroom teachers and 119 head teachers selected through simple random sampling technique. The instrument for data collection was the questionnaire titled; Politics and Primary School Management Questionnaire (PPSMQ). Three experts validated the instrument, while Cronbach Alpha statistic was used to compute the reliability coefficient of the instrument, which yielded 0.80. Mean and standard deviation were used to answer the research questions while t-test statistic was used to test the hypotheses at 0.05 probability level. The finding showed that there was a significant influence of politics on the management of primary schools in Uyo Educational Zone. Based on the findings of the study, it was recommended among others that government should ensure that there are no favouratism in the disbursement of funds to primary schools, as politics was bound to adversely affect the provision of management of funds in primary schools. The government should avoid quota system in the provision of facilities and equipment in schools.
Keywords: Politics; Management; Primary Schools and National Development
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