Administrators’ Fund Acquisition Strategies In Public And Private Secondary Schools In Anambra State
Nkechi Ikediugwu Ph.D
Department Of Educational Management And Policy,Nnamdi Azikiwe University, Awka, Anambra State, Nigeria
Ukeji Loretta Nwanneka
Department Of Educational Management And Policy,Nnamdi Azikiwe University, Awka, Anambra State, Nigeria
Keywords: Administrators, Fund, Acquisition, Strategies, Public, Private, Secondary, Schools
Abstract
This study assessed administrators’ fund acquisition strategies in public and private secondary schools in Anambra State. Two research questions and null hypotheses guided the study. The study employed a descriptive survey research design. The population for the study constituted 775 secondary school administrators from 258 state public and 517 private schools in the six education zones of Anambra State. Sample size for this study constituted 181 public school principals and 362 private school principals selected through proportionate stratified sampling technique. A questionnaire titled “Administrators’ Fund Acquisition Strategies Questionnaire (AFASQ)” containing 23 items was used for data collection. The questionnaire was validated by three experts and its reliability established through a pilot test. Mean and standard deviation were used to answer the research questions and hypotheses tested at an alpha (α) level of 0.05 using t-test statistics. Findings include among others that; the commodity bills strategies employed by the administrators of public secondary schools were similar to those employed by administrators of private secondary schools in Anambra State; and so, no significant difference in the mean ratings of administrators of public and private secondary schools on the commodity bills strategies they employed for fund acquisition. It was recommended among others that: the public secondary school administrators with the support of Anambra State government and Post Primary Schools Service Commission (PPSSC) should expand other commodity bill strategies for their fund acquisition through effective planning of the different course of actions that will enable them meet up with their set targets