The Impact Of School Records On The Administration Of Senior Secondary Schools
[A CASE STUDY OF LORIN SOUTH LOCAL GOVERNMENT AREA OF KWARA STATE]

ABSTRACT
    This study aimed to investigated the impact of school records on the Administration of senior Secondary schools in Ilorin South Local Government Area of Kwara State. This study made use of so respondents who were randomly selected from the chosen schools used as samples. Questionnaire was used as the major instrument for gathering data for the study. Simple percentage was used to analyse the data collected. Hence, the study also examined the impact of school records on the performance of students (b) effect of records in school management (c) problem Associated with records keeping in senior secondary schools. The records keeping in  the school system is very important. That records have to be kept especially the register to determine how regular and punctual students are on daily basis and teachers need to keep records or files of the students, continuous assessments and examination as to monitor the students performance. The study was carried out with four (4) research questions and three (3) hypothesis. From the reactions of the respondents, the following two major findings were made. There are so many problems associated with records keeping management in secondary school system. That through various ideal administrative practices and strategies, there will be wholistic improvement on records keeping in school system. in view of those findings, it was recommended that principals and teachers should employ ideal administrative practices and strategies to improve on records keeping management in secondary school system towards ensuring valid and reliable school information.