Examining The Extent Of Knowledge Of The Fundamentals Of Nigerian Education Law System In Ebonyi State Public Secondary Schools
Sylvia LC G Nnamoko Ph D
Department of Education Foundation, Ebonyi state University, Abakaliki
Udensi E O Ph D
Agricultural Education Programme, Technology and Vocational Education Departtment; Enugu State University, Enugu
Keywords: Knowledge, Education law system, discipline, Urban and Rural, Principals and teachers
Abstract
This study was conducted to ascertain the extent of knowledge of fundamentals of Nigerian education law system among the urban and rural principals and teachers in Ebonyi State public secondary schools. The main purpose of the study was to find out the extent of knowledge of fundamentals of Nigerian education law system among the urban and rural principals and teachers in Ebonyi state public secondary schools. Two research questions and one null hypothesis guided the study. Descriptive survey design was adopted for the study. Population of the study consisted of 2,352 principals and teachers of public secondary schools. The sample for the study was 664 respondents comprising 188 principals and 476 teachers drawn from urban and rural areas within the three Education Zones in the state. Carefully structured copies of questionnaire were used as the instrument for data collection. The instrument was validated by 2 experts from Educational Foundations department and one expert from Measurement and Evaluations and the reliability obtained using Cronbach alpha co-efficient was 0.79. A 4 point scale of Very Great Extent, Great Extent, Little Extent and Very Little Extent were used. The data collected were analyzed using mean and standard deviation to answer the research questions while t-test was used to test the null hypotheses formulated for the study. The finding revealed that majority of the principals and teachers did not know the fundamentals of Nigerian education law system which is the basis of Nigerian Education law for secondary schools. This means that education at secondary school level is at risk, for this is the foundation of education law. Based on the finding of this study, it was recommended that Ebonyi State Government should ensure that refresher courses should be organized for both the principals and the teachers for at least three times in a year to improve this situation