MECHANISMS FOR EFFECTIVE PLANNING AND ORGANIZATION OF RESOURCES IN SECONDARY SCHOOL ADMINISTRATION SA’ADATU BELLO

Department of Educational Foundations
Federal College of Education, Yola
ABSTRACT:

The paper identified two challenges to the management of secondary schools in the Northern Senatorial Zone of Adamawa State. It then examined the strategies for
the effective management of the schools. Two purposes of the study were outlined. Two research questions were formulated to guide the study. The area of the study was the
Northern Senatorial Zone of Adamawa. The Zone comprised 5 Local Government Areas, namely, Mubi North, Mubi South, Maiha, Michika and Madagali. A structured
questionnaire, developed by the researcher and validated by 3 experts in educational management, was pilot tested on 22 respondents using the test re-test method of
estimating reliability. The two tests were separated by a space of 2 weeks. The two results were correlated and the Pearson r was 0.87. The instrument was then administered on a sample of 474 respondents, made up of 302 teachers and 172 administrators. The data collected were analyzed using mean and standard deviation. Findings revealed that yearly plan of staff needs, term plan for students’ feeding and term plan for materials were
among the 13 strategies for effective planning of school activities. The findings showed that organizing materials into buildings, laboratories and workshops, organizing human
beings into schools, committees and classes; and organizing ideas and principles into curricular activities, and time schedules are effective organizing strategies in secondary
school management. The study however, did not consider that publicising the school was necessarily an effective strategy for secondary school management. To enhance school
administrators’ management skills, the study recommended among others, that school administrators need to undertake refresher courses so as to update their knowledge and
skills; government needs to provide a conducive school environment so that administrators can functionally utilize their knowledge and skills, and teachers must give maximum support to administrators in their effort to provide effective leadership in the
schools.

GENDER DIFFERENCES AND SCHOOL LOCATION ON DEVELOPMENT AND ASSESSMENT OF COMPUTER PROGRAMMED INSTRUCTIONAL PACKAGE ON ENERGY

GENDER DIFFERENCES AND SCHOOL LOCATION ON DEVELOPMENT AND
ASSESSMENT OF COMPUTER PROGRAMMED INSTRUCTIONAL PACKAGE ON ENERGY
CONCEPT IN UPPER BASIC TECHNOLOGY.
1ABE, T.O AND 2ADU E .I
1Postgraduate School, College of Education Ikere Ekiti,
2College of Education Demonstration Secondary School Ikere Ekiti.
E-mail: dr_abe07@yahoo.com, adu.aklasco.ifedayo06@gmail.com
ABSTRACT:

This study investigated the influence of upper basic technology teachers’ gender differences and location on the assessment of Computer Programmed Instructional Package
on Energy Concept (CPIPEC) in Ekiti State. The CPIPEC was assessed by 152 upper basic technology teachers using the teacher feedback questionnaire (TFQ). The results revealed
that there was significant difference in the assessment of CPIPEC between male and female upper basic technology teachers with tcal(2.051), which was greater than ttab (1.96). The
means of 69.91 and 74.27 with tcal (3.996) and ttab (1.96) revealed that there was significant difference in CPIPEC assessment between rural and urban area upper basic technology
teachers. From the findings, it was discovered that CPIPEC had been adjudged a welcome innovation, and relevant recommendations on the fact that Federal Government should
provide adequate facilities to encourage the use of computers in schools were made especially in rural areas.

THE PROBLEMS AND PROSPECTS OF ADULT EDUCATION IN NIGERIAN

EDUCATIONAL SYSTEM
1YAHYA U.M AND 2BASIRA S.
1Department of Educational Psychology/Guidance and Counseling
2Department of Primary Education Study
Federal College of Education, Yola
Email: magajiyahyaumar@yahoo.com
ABSTRACT: This paper focuses on the problem and prospect of adult education in Nigerian educational system. It takes a critical look at the introductory aspect of the subject matter,
conceptualization of the framework, objective of adult education, problems of adult education in Nigeria and its prospects in educational system. These include quality training in
character and learning in various modern techniques, regular recruitment of quality and efficient teachers, adequate and regular payment of teacher’s salary and remuneration among
others. These finding offers, basic education and literacy programme to undeserved and hardto- serve populations, providing an alternative avenue to formal schooling wherever official mechanisms for crossover and equivalent are provided.