Influence Of School-based Management Committees On The Administration Of Public Secondary Schools In Ikom Education Zone Of Cross River State
ABSTRACT
This
study was conducted on the Influence of School-Based Management Committees on
the Administration of Senior Secondary Schools in Ikom Education Zone, Cross
River State. The study has two objectives among which were to; assess the
influence of School-Based Management Committees on maintenance of discipline
and school-community relationship in secondary schools in Ikom Education Zone,
Cross River State. In line with these objectives, two research questions and
two null hypotheses were formulated. Descriptive research design was adopted
for the study. A total of 342 respondents were sampled out of the total
population of 1780 respondents. A structured questionnaire was used to collect
data from the respondents. The data collected were presented in tables and
analyzed using weighted means to answer the research questions. The six
hypotheses were tested using One Way Analysis of Variance (ANOVA) at 0.05 alpha
level of significance. Descriptive statistic was used to analyze the bio- data
of the respondents. the major findings of the study were; School-Based
Management Committees played role mainly in the Maintenance of Discipline of
students and influenced mutual relationship between the schools and the host
Communities in Secondary Schools in Ikom Education Zone. The study recommended
that SBMC should put more efforts in ensuring that students and staff
discipline as well ensure mutual understanding between school and communities
in Ikom Education Zone, Cross River State.
KEYWORDS:
School-Based Management Committees, Administration, Senior Secondary Schools,
Ikom Education Zone, and Cross River State
INTRODUCTION
School-Based
Management Committee (SBMC) is the process of devolution of power and authority
to significant stakeholders to perform statutory responsibilities in the
administration, monitoring, evaluation and review of educational policy issues,
for sustainable goal oriented governance and effective teaching and learning
activities to achieve set standards and quality learning outcome in schools
(Adeolu and Williams, 2013). School-Based Management Committees (SBMCs) are
essential links between schools, the host communities and students. SBMCs are
made up of a range of local people involved with their school. It is also work
to increase communities’ involvement with education, and to help improve the
quality and effectiveness of schools.