FUNDING MODELS AS CORRELATES OF MANAGEMENT OF PUBLIC SECONDARY SCHOOLS IN CALABAR METROPOLIS OF CROSS RIVER STATE, NIGERIA

Abstract

The study investigated funding models as correlates of management of public secondary schools in Calabar Metropolis of Cross River State, Nigeria. Two research questions guided the study and two hypotheses were formulated and tested. The study adopted correlational survey research designed. The population of the study was all the 560 teachers from 10 selected public secondary schools in Calabar Metropolis of Cross River State, Nigeria. A sample of 203 teachers was randomly selected using purposive random sampling technique. The instruments for data collection were researcher’s structured questionnaires titled “School Funding Models 
Questionnaire (SFMQ)” and “Management of Public Secondary Schools Questionnaire (MPSSQ). The instruments were validated by three experts. Two experts in Educational Management and one expert in Mathematics Education, all in Faculty of Educational 
Foundation Studies, University of Calabar, Nigeria. The questionnaires were trial tested on 30 teachers in two public secondary schools. The Cronbach Alpha was used to determine the reliability of the instruments and the result yielded reliability coefficient of 0.86. A four-point likert-scale was used to establish the disparity in the respondents’ opinions with a response mode of Strongly Agree (SA)=4; Agree (A)=3; Disagree (D)=2 and Strongly Disagree (SD)=1. The data collected were analyzed using Pearson Product Moment Correlation to answer the research questions and test the hypotheses at 0.05 level of significance. Findings of the study showed that there was a negative significant correlation of full support model and a positive significant correlation of partial support model and management of public secondary schools in Calabar Metropolis of Cross River State, Nigeria. It was recommended that government and private individuals as well as organization should strengthen their funding support to public secondary schools for effective management in Calabar Metropolis of Cross River State, Nigeria