PUBLIC-PRIVATE-PARTNERSHIP FOR EFFECTIVE ADMINISTRATION OF SENIOR SECONDARY SCHOOLS IN RIVERS STATE

Abstract

This study investigated public-private-partnership for effective administration of senior secondary schools in Rivers State.  Three research questions guided the study. The design of the study was descriptive survey design. The population of the study was 310 respondents comprising of all 310 principals public senior secondary schools in Rivers State. The sample of the study was all 310 respondents comprising the 225 male and 85 females.  A census sampling technique was adoted for the study.  The instrument for data collection was a questionnaire titled: “Private Public Partnership for Effective Administration of Senior Secondary Schools Questionnaire (PPPEASSSQ)”. It was face and content validated by two experts in the Department of Educational Management and Guidance and Counseling of Ignatius Ajuru University of Education. Cronbach Alpha method of reliability determination was used to ascertain the internal consistency index of 0.78. The research questions were answered using mean and standard deviation scores with 2.50 as the criterion mean. The hypotheses were tested using independent t-test at 0.05 level of significance. The findings of the study revealed that the areas of public-private-partnership in the administration of senior secondary school in Rivers State are infrastructure development, and funding and collaboration in the provision of school security. It was also revealed that to a high extent public private partnership in infrastructure development and funding influenced the effective administration of senior secondary school in Rivers State.  Collaboration in the provision of school security to a low extent influenced the administration of senior secondary school in Rivers State. The test of hypotheses showed significant difference between male and female principals. On account of these findings it was recommended among others that public private partnership should be continually encouraged in the area of infrastructure development, funding, and collaboration in the provision of school security in the administration of senior secondary schools in Rivers State.