PERCEIVED IMPACT OF PARENTS’ INVOLVEMENT IN THE MAINTENANCE OF DISCIPLINE AND SCHOOL COMMUNITY RELATION ON MANAGEMENT OF PUBLIC SECONDARY SCHOOLS IN NORTH CENTRAL NIGERIA

Education Administration and Planning

This study investigated perceived impact of parents’ involvement in the maintenance of discipline and school community relation on the management of Public Secondary Schools in North Central Nigeria. Two research questions and two hypotheses guided the study. Survey research design was adopted for the study. The population comprised 78,896 principals, teachers and parents (PTA members), made up of (1956 principals and 34473 teachers, and 42,467 parents) from 1956 public secondary schools in the study area. A sample size of 398 out of 78896 principals; teachers and parents in public secondary schools in North Central Nigeria were taken using Taro-Yaman’s Formula. This was sampled from 84 secondary schools representing 5% of 1956 public secondary schools using multistage sampling technique. A 10-item questionnaire titled “Perceived Impact of Parents’ Involvement in the Management of Public Secondary Schools Questionnaire” (PIPIMPSSQ) was the instrument used for data collection. Cronbach alpha reliability coefficient method was used to obtain a reliability index of 0.79. Data collected were analyzed using descriptive statistic of Mean and Standard Deviation to answer the research questions and Chi-square (x2) test of goodness of fit was used to test the two null hypotheses at 0.05 level of significance. The findings revealed that parents’ involvement in the maintenance of discipline has positive significant impact in the management of public secondary schools. The findings revealed that, parents’ involvement in the maintenance of school-community relation has positive significant impact in the management of public secondary schools. Based on the findings of the study, the study recommended that; parents should be encouraged to be involved in the maintenance of discipline in schools. By means of the ensuing parents’ involvement, the disciplinary problems of students can thus be handled together. This integration and continuity between school and parents would greatly increase the likelihood of overcoming problems faced by students and consequently lead to enhanced academic achievements.

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