Hand-Over of Public Secondary Schools to the Missions in Rivers State: Implications for Functional Secondary Education

The study investigated the incidence of the hand-over of public secondary schools to the missions in Rivers State and the implications for functional secondary education, the three objectives of the study include to determine the level of provision of modern infrastructural facilities and instructional materials, to ascertain the level of motivations of the staff, and the standard of moral discipline for functional education in the public secondary schools handed-over to the missions in Rivers State. Three research questions and three corresponding hypotheses were formulated to guide the study. The population of the study consist of 820 teachers and 20 public secondary schools handed-over to the missions. The sample of the study consist of 240 male and female teachers in the schools handed-over to the missions. The questionnaire was titled “Functional Education in the Public Secondary Schools Handed-over to the Missions Questionnaire (FEPSSHMQ).” Mean score was used to analyze the research questions, while z-test was used to test the hypotheses at 0.05 alpha level and tables were used to organize the data. The results of the study indicated that in the schools handed-over to the missions in Rivers State, the level of provisions of modern infrastructural facilities and instructional materials have improved, the motivational strategies put in place for staff of the mission schools is insufficient, and the standard of moral discipline of the students has improved teaching and learning in the mission schools. Also, it was indicated that the null hypothesis 1 and 3 were accepted, while their alternate hypotheses were rejected. On the other hand, while the null hypothesis 2 was rejected, the alternate hypothesis was accepted. Based on the findings of the study, conclusion and suggestions were made.

Handover of schools, missions, functional education

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