AN INVESTIGATION INTO PROBLEMS FACING PUBLIC SECONDARY SCHOOL ADMINISTRATORS IN FEDERAL CAPITAL TERRITORY, ABUJA, NIGERIA

Abstract

This paper investigated the problems facing the public secondary school administrators in Federal Capital Territory, Abuja. This research work employed the survey method with the use of questionnaire. The target population of this study comprised of all school administrators of public senior secondary schools in the six area councils in Federal Capital Territory, Abuja. The sample size of 300 was chosen from five public secondary schools by a simple random sampling technique. Ten school administrators which include principals, Vice principals and head of departments totaling ten. Thirty public secondary school was sampled. Five from each area council in the Federal capital Territory, Abuja. Three hundred respondents were chosen from all the sample public secondary schools by a stratified sampling technique using class as strata. The research instrument used for this study was a self-developed questionnaire titled: “An Investigation into Problems facing Public Secondary School Administrators in FCT Questionnaire” (AIPFPSSAQ). The researchers employed internal consistency reliability to establish the instruments with reliability index of 0.88. Data were analyzed using descriptive and inferential statistics such as Mean, Standard Deviation and percentage. The findings of this study revealed that inadequate funding, inadequate infrastructural facilities, shortage of professional teachers, inadequate instructional materials and overpopulation are the problems public secondary school administrators are facing in Federal Capital Territory, Abuja, Nigeria. Based on these findings, it was recommended amongst others, that the government should allocate more funds to educational sector to tackle the problems of inadequacies in the area of fund, infrastructural facilities and government should employ more professional teachers and deploy them to public secondary school according to schools’ request.