INFLUENCE OF PARTISAN POLITICS ON THE MANAGEMENT OF SECONDARY SCHOOLS IN ONUEKE EDUCATION ZONE OF EBONYI STATE, NIGERIA

Abstract

     

This study investigated the Influence of Partisan Politics on the Management of Secondary Schools in Onueke Education Zone of Ebonyi State. Two specific purposes with two research questions and four null hypotheses were formulated to guide the study. Comprehensive related literatures were reviewed. Descriptive research design was adopted for the study. The population of the study consisted of eight hundred and fifteen (815) male and female educational personnel, while Taro Yamane Sampling Technique was used to determine the sample size of 268 as the bench while stratified random sampling was used to make-up the sample size of 557 representing 68.3 percent of the total population. Researcher structured questionnaire tagged Questionnaire on Influence of Partisan Politics on the Management of Secondary Schools (QIPPMOSS) was used as instrument for data collection.  Mean (x) and standard deviation (SD) with rating scale of 2.50 was accepted and ttest to test the null hypothesis at 0.05 level of significance. From the findings of the data, analysis showed that: partisan politics to a high extent influences funding of secondary schools, staff personnel administration in public secondary schools in Onueke Education Zone of Ebonyi State. Hypotheses revealed that, there is no significant difference in the mean ratings of male and female respondents from secondary schools in Onueke Education Zone of Ebonyi State. Based on the findings, it was recommended that government should take full responsibility of funding secondary schools without partisan political influences. State Education Board and Ministry of Education should effectively administer the provision and management of staff Personnel in secondary schools without political favoritism and manipulations.