EXTENT OF HOST COMMUNITY INVOLVEMENT IN FUND MOBILIZATION FOR EFFECTIVE ADMINISTRATION OF SECONDARY SCHOOLS IN DELTA STATE

Abstract

This study examined the extent of host community involvement in fund mobilization for effective 
administration of secondary schools in Delta State. Four research questions were raised to guide the 
study and a descriptive survey research design was adopted in the study. Population of this study 
comprised 13,760 staff involving 474 principals and 13,286 teachers from 474 public secondary 
schools within the 25 LGAs in Delta State. Sample size for the study constituted a total of 558 
respondents which consisted of 133 principals and 425 teachers from 133 public secondary schools 
within 13 LGAs in Delta State selected at 50% and 5% respectively using the multistage sampling 
procedure involving the proportionate and purposive sampling techniques. A 35-item questionnaire 
personally constructed by the researchers, titled: “Host Community Involvement in Fund Mobilization 
for Effective Administration Questionnaire (HCIFMEAQ)” was used for data collection. Both validity 
and reliability of the research instrument was established in the study. Data collated were analyzed 
using mean statistics rated at 2.50 and standard deviation statistics for answering the research 
questions. Findings of the study revealed among others that, host community involvement in fund 
mobilization for effective administration of secondary schools in Delta State was to a low extent. That 
is, host community involvement in fund mobilization in areas of effective instructional leadership 
administration, school plant (facilities) administration, teacher administration and student 
administration in secondary schools in Delta State were all to a low extent. From the findings of this 
study, recommendations were proffered and among them included that, the Delta State Government 
together with the Post Primary Education Board (PPEB) should constantly organize leadership 
training programmes that will strengthen ties between schools and their immediate host communities 
for their active involvement and contributions in fund mobilization for effective instructional 
leadership administration in secondary schools.