IMPACT OF HUMAN AND MATERIAL RESOURCES WASTAGES ON THE ADMINISTRATION OF PUBLIC SECONDARY SCHOOLS IN EBONYI STATE.

Abstract

The study examined the Impact of human and material resources wastages on the administration of secondary school in Ebonyi State. Two research questions and two null hypotheses guided the study. Descriptive research design was adopted for the study. The population of the study consist of 4,816 senior secondary school principals and teachers in 224 public secondary schools in Ebonyi State. The sample size for the study was 405 respondents which was drawn through simple random sampling. Instrument for the data collection was a structured questionnaire titled “Educational Resource Wastages Questionnaire (ERWQ)”. The reliability of the instrument was determined using Cronbach Alpha technique. The result yielded a co-efficient index of 0.53. The findings of the study include the following among others: Human educational resource wastages impact negatively on the administration of secondary schools through inadequate manpower, heavy workload and lack of commitment of some staff to school activities and Educational materials resource wastages impact negatively on the administration of public secondary schools as some school desk are left in an open atmosphere where they are damaged by weather conditions and use of obsolete materials in teaching. Based on the findings of the study, the researchers recommended among others that: Human resources development should be given high premium through various enlightenment activities by school principals on the need to avoid school personnel negligence on the proper utilization of school material resources. Further, that government at all levels should support secondary schools in the management of school material resources through an adequate supply of facilities and proper audit of their utilization.