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

5.3        Recommendations
    Based on the findings, observations and conclusions of this study, the researcher arrived at the following recommendations:
i.    All teachers and principals of schools must be trained in the part of managing school records.
ii.    The manual keeping of school records is no longer safe for the education system
iii.    All school records need to be computerized so that records would be properly kept and utilized by teachers and researchers
iv.    Principals should be exposed to the following school records which were found to be currently kept in senior secondary schools: admission and withdrawal register, log book, attendance register, school time table, diary of work, visitors book, exam record book, time movement book, a copy of national policy on Education  and lesson note / plan. This should be done through conferences, workshops, supervision, among others:
viii.    Principals should specifically employ the following administrative practices that characterized the keeping of school records, principals delegate the keeping of day today school records to teachers, record events as they occur in the appropriate record booklet, keep accurate custody of record materials and books in their offices, monitor teachers adherence to instructions on the keeping of records, check every item of information in the records before appending signatures by principals.
vi.  In order to solve problems associated with the keeping of school records, the following ideal strategies for improving on school records management should be employed. Supply of necessary school records to schools should be given the priority it deserves, funds ear-marked for school records management should be kept for its use, managers of school records should bes given chance for professional course through in service training, school heads should ensure that records are supplied on time, record management should not be influenced by political consideration and every school head should have a “Data Board” containing summary of data on both staff, students and school activities.