Significance of the Study
The significance of this research work is to serve as an exposure to the personnel management practices in both public and private secondary schools. This will give a better understanding of what is expected of who in the system, prospective teachers, educational administrators and managers and policy makers. The findings of the study will also serve as a guide towards an effective personnel management practices in public and private secondary schools. Moreover, this finding will benefit prospective teachers, educational administrator, managers and policy makers in the following way. No educational system may rise above the quality of its teachers (FRN, 2004) Therefore, acquiring teacher services, developing their skills motivating them to high level of performance will ensure that they continue to maintain their commitment to the organisation in order to achieve the organisational goal.
To educational administrators and managers, the finding will help them to stimulate and promote competent workforce in order to make their fullest contribution to the development of the school. It will also help the administrators to solve the problems and the grievances of people at work effectively and also help the workers to develop their potential fully through the administrative incentive plans.
This finding will help the policy makers to make a policy that will favour the entire employee irrespective of their race, creed, colour or sexual orientation. It will also help them in the formation of policies governing talent acquisition and retention, wages & salary, administrative welfare activities and interpreting personnel policies in an appropriate manner.
Practices in both public and private secondary schools. Thus, the attainment of educational objectives made a possibility taking into consideration the availability of human and material resources and its utilization.
Operational Definition of Terms
The following terms would be operationally defined:
Performance Appraisal:-refers to evaluation of an employee’s current and or past performance along with his/her performance standard in Public and Private secondary schools in Akinyele LGA, Oyo State
Resource Planning:-refers to process by which the principal ensures that the right personnel, who are capable of completing those tasks that help the school to achieve its objectives in Public and Private secondary schools in Akinyele Local Government Area Oyo State
Development Programme:-refers to employee growth and future performance rather than an immediate job role in the school system in Public and Private secondary schools in Akinyele Local Government Area Oyo State
Personnel management:- refers to an administrative discipline of hiring and developing employees that include recruitment, performance appraisal, resource planning and development programme in Public and Private secondary schools in Akinyele Local Government Area Oyo State.