STRATEGIES FOR ENHANCING COMMUNITY PARTICIPATION IN THE MANAGEMENT OF FACILITIES IN SECONDARY SCHOOLS IN ANAMBRA STATE

Abstract

This study examined the strategies for enhancing community participation in the management of facilities in public secondary schools in Anambra State.  The study adopted the descriptive survey research design.  Two research questions and a hypothesis guided the study.  The population of the study comprised 1,377 respondents made up of 263 principals and 1114 SBMC members in Anambra State.  The sample for the study comprised 77 principals and 336 other SBMC members which were drawn from the entire population using simple random sampling technique.   A researcher developed instrument was used for data collection.  The instrument was validated by three experts all in the Faculty of Education.  The Craonbach’s alpha method was used to determine the  internal consistency of the items and it yielded a reliability coefficient of 0.72    Mean scores were used in answering the research questions while the hypothesis was tested using t-test at .05 level of significance.  The findings revealed among others that principals and SBMC adopt adequate strategies towards enhancing community participation in the procurement of facilities in secondary schools.  Based on the findings, it was recommended among others that principals should make school facilities available for use by the community as it will help to trigger their interest in the provision and maintenance of facilities in secondary schools in Anambra State.