PERCEIVED IMPACT OF PARENTS’ INVOLVEMENT IN THE MAINTENANCE OF INFRASTRUCTURAL FACILITIES AND DECISION-MAKING ON MANAGEMENT OF PUBLIC SECONDARY SCHOOLS IN NORTH CENTRAL NIGERIA

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This study investigated perceived impact of parents’ involvement in the maintenance of infrastructural facilities and decision-making 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 infrastructural facilities has positive significant impact in the management of public secondary schools with effect size statistic of 45.58%. The findings further revealed that parents’ involvement in decision-making has positive significant impact in the management of public secondary schools with effect size statistic of 39.61%. Based on the findings of the study, the study recommended that; parents should be involved in the routine maintenance of infrastructural facilities in order to keep the facilities in near original shape for effective and efficient management of schools. Also, parents should continue in the decision making in public secondary schools, since decision taken by parents has impact on students’ academic performance. This will also improve the management of public secondary schools and will complement the effort of government.

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