A Comparative Analysis Of Personnel Management Practices In Public And Private Secondary Schools
[A CASE STUDY OF AKINYELE LOCAL GOVERNMENT AREA]

Fasola (2014) who emerged second best, attended International School, University of Ibadan, Ibadan, Oyo State while Miss Anyanwu Maureen Kelechi who came third attended Loyola Jesuit College, Abuja. If all these students are from private secondary schools, it implies that the teachers gave their best to the students in class, and if the teacher gave their best, it then implies that the school managements in a way motivated the teachers to give their best in the classroom. The big question now is where are the students in Government secondary schools? Why is it that their performance is not as excellent as their counterparts in private secondary school?
In an attempt to provide a lasting solution to the severity of our educational crisis, various scholars have figured out certain factors responsible for the poor performance of students in examination. Olateju (2009) identify some factors responsible for severity of our educational crisis.
They are;
1.    Insufficient preparation and coverage of the syllabus by teachers;
2.    Lack of adherence to instruction by students;
3.    Poor comprehension due to poor reading culture;
4.    Bad handwriting and poor spellings on the part of students;
5.    Shortage of qualified teachers;
6.    Inadequate facilities;
7.    Poor human resource management on the part of the owners of schools.
The success of the school system like any other organisation no doubt is hinged on the establishment of a conducive working environment geared towards the advancement of the productive capacities of people at work. These capacities are in the pursuit of achieving the educational objectives as well as satisfying the need of the individual staff.  The primary aim of the school personnel management is to secure sufficient numbers and categories of suitable teachers and support staff to undertake the task of educating the students to the standard expected by the students, the parents and the society at large. Thus, the quality of education provided in schools depend directly on the capability, commitment and motivation of the teachers together with significant number of non-teaching staff employed in a variety of support roles.  This study therefore seeks to compare and contrast the personnel management practices in both private and government owned secondary school with Oyo state as the focal point.
Statement of the Problem
    Personnel management usually goes beyond demand and supply of Human resources in an organisation. The existing problem in this department triggered to malfunctioning of the department. There are constraints such as individual, geographical and racial background, occupational, cultural and industrial differences and legal influence on employment decision which jeopardise their objective. In view of this, look into the difference or similarities between personnel management in Public and Private schools in Akinyele Local government Areas in Oyo State.
Parent and various mass media within and outside Nigeria have complained severally about the gradual decline in standard of education in the country as a whole Oyo State in particularly. They attributed the ugly and scenario to indiscipline among teachers and students. Government insensitivity, incompetent school heads negligence to duty on part of parents and teachers, inadequate funds, personnel school facilities and infrastructure etc. it is on the strength of these speculation that this research project sought to find out the problems facing the personnel administration of private and public secondary schools in Akinyele Local Government Area of Oyo State. To a large extent their success or failure, principal perform both administrative and supervisory duties in their schools and because of their strategic duties, they face numerous problem.
Ezeocha (2002) identified examination malpractice drop out from schools immorality and general fall in the standard of education as problems surrounding school heads in their administrative leadership roles.
In addition lack of effective leadership coordination and control, structural organisational inadequacies including over centralisation of authority as a problem facing the Nigeria educational system.
    It is observed that school leader do not make policy statements, by which decision and other administrative can be taken prompt lying the secondary school system.