School Development Planning and Effectiveness in Kwara State Public Secondary Schools, Nigeria

Abstract

This study examined school development planning and effectiveness in Kwara state public secondary schools, Nigeria. The research adopted a descriptive survey of correlation and type. Stratified random sampling technique was used to select 20 secondary schools out of the 41 schools in three local Governments from each senatorial district of the state. A researcher- designed questionnaire for data collection. Four research questions, one main hypothesis and four operational hypotheses were formulated to guide the study. Descriptive statistics of frequency counts mean and percentages were used to answer the research questions while inferential statistics of pearson product moment correlation statistics was used to test the postulated hypotheses at 0.05 level of significance. The major findings showed that there was significant relationship between school development planning and school effectiveness in Kwara state public secondary schools (calculated r-value of 0.418 > the critical r – value of 0.195). Based on the findings, it was recommended
that funds allocated for the procurement of teaching resources should not be misused by teachers or school administrators, also government should provide adequate infrastructures and physical facilities to make learning interesting and encourage
students in the classroom.