Finance as a resource has remained a controversial issue at all levels of education in Nigeria. According to Olabanji and Alaka (2010) resource allocation is one of the most challenging tasks that our educational system especially in secondary level of education faces whether they are in the early stage of reform or years into sustaining improvement. Since the economic downturn in the eighties (80s), the Nigerian education sector has suffered unprecedented setbacks in resource allocation especially in funding. Oweh (2013) affirms that education sector in Nigeria still face the problem of inadequate funding with regard to the benchmark advocated by UNESCO that all members countries ought to channel at least 26% of their annual budget to education alone.
Statement of the Problem
It is a fact that there are series of related studies on the principals as the head of the school, but it appears that there are no sufficient researches on teacher’s job performance. The researcher therefore considered it necessary to carryout a study on the relationship between principal’s administrative effectiveness and financial resources allocation particularly in public secondary schools in Oke-Ero Local Government Area, Kwara state. Principals of secondary schools as a result of their positions set up the tone of the school in respect of their behaviour, but some of them are not performing to expectation as they only have academic qualifications but do not possess the necessary managerial skills that would enable them function effectively, also some teachers are performing below expectations since they do not possess teaching qualifications and so contributed to poor teaching standards(Lavigna,2002).
Two parameters that are commonly used to determine school effectiveness are students’ results especially in standardized tests, and their behaviour or performance after school (Ijaiya, 2008). Senior secondary school examination results, only 25.99% i.e. 356, 981 out of 1,427,924 had five credits including Mathematics and English Language. For the National Examination Council (NECO) which was released in 2009, only 10% or 126,500 of the 1,200,765 candidates had five credits that qualified them for admission into higher institution (Unilorin Bulletin, Nov. 2009). In order to realise the educational goals and the school systems funds and facilities are required for the various activities of the school programme as well as for the extra curriculum activities. The financial situation of the secondary school education sector is far from been adequate. The inadequate funding of this level of Education account for deployable condition of other education resources on the schools. Hence, the school are faced with several problems such as inadequate modern classrooms, the available classroom are poorly furnished, inadequate of functional library and laboratory, inadequate qualified teacher, insufficient of modern infrastructural facilities and instruction materials. The unconducive school environment occasioned by inadequate resources has adverse effect on effective management of the materials.
The researcher therefore, intends to investigate the influence of financial resources allocation on the principal administrative effectiveness in public secondary schools in Oke-Ero Local Government Area, Kwara State.
Purpose of the Study
The purpose of this study is to investigate financial resource allocation and principals administrative effectiveness in selected public senior secondary schools in Oke-Ero Local Government Area, Kwara State. Specifically, the purposes of study are to:
i. determine the adequate financial resource allocation to public secondary for principal administrative effectiveness in Oke- Ero Local Government Area, Kwara State.
ii. examine the adequate of income generation from handwork on the influence of principal administrative effectiveness in Oke Ero Local Government Area, senior secondary school Kwara State.
iii. Investigate the level of PTA levies participation on principal administrative effectiveness in Oke Ero Local Government Area senior schools, Kwara State.
iv. find out the adequacy of philanthropists donation on the principal administrative effectiveness in Oke-Ero Local Government Area senior secondary school, Kwara State.
v. investigate the principal administrative effectiveness on school administration in Oke-Ero Local Government Area, senior secondary school Kwara state.
Research Questions
The study intends to provide answers to the following research questions:
i. Are there adequate Financial Resource Allocation by the government to Oke- Ero senior Secondary Schools, Kwara State?
ii. Are there enough income generation from handwork to influence principal administrative effectiveness in Oke Ero senior secondary schools, Kwara State?
iii. What is the level of PTA levies participation on principal administrative effectiveness in Oke Ero senior secondary schools, Kwara State?
iv. How adequate are philanthropist donations to influence principal administrative effectiveness in Oke Ero Senior secondary schools, Kwara state?
v. Does principal administrative effectiveness has any influence on school administration in Oke Ero Local Government Area senior secondary schools, Kwara State?
Research Hypotheses
Main Hypothesis
Ho¬: There is no significant relationship between financial resource allocation and principal administrative effectiveness in public secondary school in Oke Ero Local Government Area, Kwara State
Operational Hypotheses
Ho¬: There is no significant relationship between financial resource allocation and principal administrative effectiveness in public secondary schools in Oke Ero Local Government area, Kwara State.
Ho¬1: There is no significant relationship between Hand Work and principal administrative effectiveness in senior secondary school in Oke-Ero Local Government Public senior secondary schools.
Ho2: There is no significant relationship between principal administrative effectiveness and school administration in Oke- Ero local Government public senior secondary schools.
Ho3: There is no significance relationship between Parent Teacher Association levies and principal administrative effectiveness in Oke-Ero Local Government Public senior secondary schools.
Ho4: There is no significance difference between philanthropist donation and principal administrative effectiveness.
Ho5: There is no significant relationship between financial resource allocation and principal administrative effectiveness in public senior secondary school in Oke-Ero Local Government Area Kwara State.
