Principals' Management Strategies in Ameliorating the Impact of Economic Recession in the Administration of Public Secondary School in Kano Municipal Education Zone of Kano State

Abstract

This study investigated the Principals’ Management Strategies in Ameliorating the impact of Economic Recession in the Administration of public Secondary Schools in Kano Municipal Education Zone of Kano State. Two research questions and two hypotheses guided the. study The study adopted a descriptive survey design. The population of the study comprised of 34 principals and 63 vice principals; making a total of 97 principals and  vice principals from the 34 public secondary schools in Kano Municipal Education Zone of Kano State.  Instrument for data collection was a 17 item questionnaires validated by three experts title "Principals’ Management Strategies in a Recess Economy Questionnaire (PMSREQ). The reliability of the instrument was estimated using Cronbach Alpha statistic and an overall reliability coefficient of 0.70 was obtained. The data was analyzed using Mean and Standard Deviation to answer the research questions, while t-tests Statistic was used to test the null hypotheses at  0.05  level of significance The findings of this study showed that the types of management  strategy  required by principals for effective administration of public secondary in Kano Municipal Education Zone of Kano State include: transparency in the management of fund generated through PTA, Sourcing for financial support from non-governmental organization (NGO), Diversifying revenue sources for the school and periodic repair of school facilities. Based on the findings, it was recommended among others that: Principals in public schools should adopt  fund-raising practices for effective day to day administration of public secondary schools in Kano Municipal Education Zone of Kano State. The educational implications of the findings is that if these management strategies identified in this study are not possessed by Principals, there will be poor administration of public secondary school in a recess economy.