EVALUATION OF CONTRIBUTIONS OF SCHOOL-BASED MANAGEMENT COMMITTEES ON THE ADMINISTRATION OF SECONDARY SCHOOLS IN ZARIA EDUCATION ZONE, KADUNA STATE

Abstract

The study was an evaluation on the Contributions of School-Based Management Committees on the Administration of secondary schools in Zaria Education Zone, Kaduna state with the objectives to: find out the extent to which School-Based Management Committees (SBMCs) provide the platform for Community-School interaction in secondary schools in in Zaria Education Zone and examine the influence of School-Based Management Committees (SBMCs) on Decision-Making in in Zaria Education Zone. In line with the stated objectives, Two research questions and coresponding Null hypotheses were formulated for the study. The study adopted the use of survey research design and out of the total population of twenty-eight thousand six hundred and sixty (28660), a total of three hundred and seventy-nine (379) respondents were used for the study. The instrument tagged “School-Based Management Committees (SBMCS) Questionnaire” was used to collect data from respondents. This instrument was validated and pilot tested and a reliability index of 0.85 was obtained. Data gathered were analysed using Analysis of Variance (ANOVA) and hypotheses were tested at 0.05% level of significance. Findings of the study revealed that there is a significant difference in the opinions of respondents on the extent to which School-Based Management Committees (SBMCs) provide the platform for Community-School interaction in secondary schools in in Zaria Education Zone. Also, finding shows that School-Based Management Committees (SBMCs) have not contributed well in decision-making in secondary schools in in Zaria Education Zone. In view of the findings and conclusions of this study the researcher recommended that: Schools should adopt SBMC so as to promote quality education and management framework that suit the needs of the students and the community; and School-Based Management Committees Officials should be more involved in decision-making process and so as to create good organizational climate such that there will be good culture and rapport among SBMCs Officials, staffs and school heads hence improve the administration of secondary school in in Zaria Education Zone, Kaduna State