EXTENT OF COMMUNITY PARTICIPATION IN THE OWNERSHIP AND FUNDING OF PUBLIC SECONDARY SCHOOLS IN ENUGU EDUCATION ZONE, ENUGU STATE NIGERIA

Abstract

The study investigated the extent communities participate in the ownership and funding of public secondary schools in Enugu Education Zone. Two research questions and two null hypotheses were formulated for the study was tested at .05 levels of significance. Descriptive survey research design was adopted for the study. A fifteen (15) item questionnaire on extent of community participation in the ownership and funding of public secondary schools was developed and used for data collection. The population for the study was 180 respondents, comprising 20 principals and 160 teachers in public secondary school in the Zone. The data collected were analyzed using mean and standard deviation to answer the research questions and ttest statistics for the hypotheses. Major findings of the study revealed that formation of SBMC in schools, participation in staff supervision, participation in curriculum development and implementation among others will facilitate to a great extent, community ownership of public secondary schools in the zone. Again, that tasking every member of the community to contribute for education development yearly, organizing launching to raise fund, encouraging groups to donate for facility provision and development in the schools will necessitate greatly, community participation in funding public secondary schools in Enugu education zone