Safety Measures for effective Administration of public Secondary Schools in Ebonyi State
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Principals, Secondary Education, Safety measures, School administrationAbstract
This study investigated the extent to which principals adopt Safety Measures for effective administration of public Secondary Schools in Ebonyi State. The study was guided by six specific purposes, six research questions and six null hypotheses. The population of the study was all the 226 principals of 226 Public senior Secondary Schools in Ebonyi State which was made up of 144 rural and 82 urban principals. There was no sampling rather it was a census survey. The instrument for data collection was a researcher structured questionnaire titled Safety Measures Questionnaire (SMQ) administered to principals. The instrument was validated by two experts from the Department of Educational Foundations (Admin and Panning unit) and one from Science Education Department (Measurement and Evaluation Unit), Ebonyi State University. The reliability was made which yielded coefficient index of 0.79. Data collected were analyzed using mean (x) and standard deviation (SD) for the research questions and t-test statistics for the hypotheses at 0.05 level of significance. The analysis of the data collected specifically indicated that principals of public secondary schools in Ebonyi State use communication safety measure to a high extent by having cell phones for easy and immediate interface communication with respective authorities in case of emergency situation, principal use access control to a high extent by issuing identification cards to school personnel to distinguish them from intruders, also, school clinic services were utilized to a low extent because principals do not provide timely medical attention to students and staff in emergencies. There was no significant difference in the mean response of urban and rural principals on the use of safety measures in the administration of public secondary schools in Ebonyi State. Based on the findings it was recommended among other things that government should assist the principals for the payment of security guards employed in their various schools in order to ensure the safety of the school personnel and properties. The findings have some educational implications on Principals as inadequate and poor utilization of school clinics’ measures may predispose their school personnel to insecurity of lives.
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