PERCEPTION OF STAKEHOLDERS ON THE ROLE PERFORMANCE OF STATES UNIVERSAL BASIC EDUCATION BOARDS (SUBEBS) ON THE MANAGEMENT OF PRIMARY SCHOOLS IN KADUNA STATE, NIGERIA.

Abstract

The study investigated the “Perception of Stakeholders’ on the role performance of States Universal Basic Education Boards (SUBEBs) on the management of primary Schools in Kaduna State, Nigeria”. The study focused on two objectives which include Selection of qualified staff for recruitment and Maintenance of infrastructural facilities. In line with these variables, two research questions and two corresponding hypotheses were formulated. The research design adopted for this study was descriptive design. The population for the study was forty-nine thousand eight hundred and ninety-one (49,891) as at the time of study in Kaduna State, Nigeria. A stratified sampling technique was adopted for this study, Twenty-five Thousand and twenty-one (25021) Teachers. Ten Thousand four hundred and sixty-six (10,466) Head teachers and fourteen thousand four hundred and four (14,404) LGEA Officials in order to give an equal chance to all sample representatives and to be able to cover the State, A total of Three hundred and eighty-three (383) were used as sampled. A purposive sampling technique was used to share 383 copies of questionnaires. The questionnaire was duly validated and reliably co-efficient of 0.97 was obtained. The data obtained were analyzed using descriptive statistics, percentages, and analysis of variance (ANOVA) at 0. 05 level of significance. The study found among others that States Universal Basic Education Board (SUBEB) are not effectively performing their managerial roles in the area of selection of qualified teachers for recruitment; training and effectively performance their roles of school infrastructural maintenance and planning of school. The study recommends among others that the management of LGEAs should embrace modern model of recruitment through the use of computer and other practices that will ensure that only qualified staff are recruited.