School Administration Problems and Teachers’ Welfare
Chapter One
Purpose of the Study
- To find out the relationship between the school Administrator and teachers
- The type or the nature of the school control by the administrator.
- To examine the role of the administrator in teacher’s welfare
- To examine the philosophy of the government in educational sector.
- To find out the strategies that school administrators can use to promote the school
- To examine the curriculum that will be suitable to inculcate the student.
CHAPTER TWO
Education
Education deals with knowledge acquisition, training and development of the individual to be able to contribute positively to the society. Education embraces not only school experiences but also indirect or incidental influences which help us to learn, such influences and activities affect our character, behaviours and perceptions, Sees education as an enabling agency by which the Africans could restore their self-confidence, and make those who doubted the humanity of Africans begin to revise their views and learn to respect Africans. From the above, education is a form of training given to the individual that makes him useful in the communities.
Administration
Administration is act of arranging resources to achieve institutional goals. Administration is the systematic process of applying both human and materials resource to realize the objectives of an organization. Administration is the application and the deployment of organizational resource to towards achievement of organizational goals, Opined that administration is concerned with a variety of tasks, in his own view describes administration as the careful and systematic arrangement and use of human and material resources, situations and opportunities for the achievement of specific objectives. Administration is very germane to the realization of the school’s objectives – indeed, the success of the school system depends largely on the administration of the school is handled. The teachers, students, non-teaching staff and resources must be efficiently arranged, monitored and controlled, so that they would work harmoniously according to (educational plan).
Educational Administration
Educational administration implies the arrangement of the human and material resources and programme available for education and carefully using them systematically for the achievement of educational objectives. Thus educational administrator, whether in the ministry of education, the schools board, or in a school is essentially the organiser, the implementer of plans, policies and programmes meant for achieving specific educational objectives. The educational administrator may contribute, one way or the other, in planning, policy – making and programme designing, yet his major role rests with the effective and efficient implementation of such plans, policies and programmes for the benefit of education, defines the term as a broad umbrella encompassing a number of processes such as: planning, coordinating, controlling and being involved in other management processes and contribute to formulation of policies. In order to achieve these goals, the head of the educational organization plans carefully various programmes and activities. The educational organization may be a school, college or university. The head organizes these programmes and activities with co-operation from other teachers, parents and students, motivating them and co- ordinating the efforts of staff members as well as directing and exercising control over them. The head evaluates the performance and progress of staff in achieving the purpose of the educational programme, provides feedback to them and brings modification in the plans and programmes of the institution when required. The totality of these processes which are directed towards realizing or achieving the purposes of the school is called educational administration. (18), defined Educational Administration as “essentially a service, activity or tool, through which the fundamental objectives of the educational process may be more fully and efficiently realized”.
CHAPTER THREE
RESEARCH METHODOLOGY
INTRODUCTION
In this chapter, we described the research procedure for this study. A research methodology is a research process adopted or employed to systematically and scientifically present the results of a study to the research audience viz. a vis, the study beneficiaries.
RESEARCH DESIGN
Research designs are perceived to be an overall strategy adopted by the researcher whereby different components of the study are integrated in a logical manner to effectively address a research problem. In this study, the researcher employed the survey research design. This is due to the nature of the study whereby the opinion and views of people are sampled. According to Singleton & Straits, (2009), Survey research can use quantitative research strategies (e.g., using questionnaires with numerically rated items), qualitative research strategies (e.g., using open-ended questions), or both strategies (i.e., mixed methods). As it is often used to describe and explore human behaviour, surveys are therefore frequently used in social and psychological research.
POPULATION OF THE STUDY
According to Udoyen (2019), a study population is a group of elements or individuals as the case may be, who share similar characteristics. These similar features can include location, gender, age, sex or specific interest. The emphasis on study population is that it constitutes of individuals or elements that are homogeneous in description.
This study was carried to examine school administration problems and teachers welfare. selected schools in district II Shomolu Lagos form the population of the study.
CHAPTER FOUR
DATA PRESENTATION AND ANALYSIS
INTRODUCTION
This chapter presents the analysis of data derived through the questionnaire and key informant interview administered on the respondents in the study area. The analysis and interpretation were derived from the findings of the study. The data analysis depicts the simple frequency and percentage of the respondents as well as interpretation of the information gathered. A total of eighty (80) questionnaires were administered to respondents of which only seventy-seven (77) were returned and validated. This was due to irregular, incomplete and inappropriate responses to some questionnaire. For this study a total of 77 was validated for the analysis.
CHAPTER FIVE
SUMMARY, CONCLUSION AND RECOMMENDATION
Introduction
It is important to ascertain that the objective of this study was to ascertain school administration problems and teachers welfare. In the preceding chapter, the relevant data collected for this study were presented, critically analyzed and appropriate interpretation given. In this chapter, certain recommendations made which in the opinion of the researcher will be of benefits in addressing school administration problems and teachers’ welfare
Summary
This study was on school administration problems and teachers’ welfare. Five objectives were raised which included: To find out the relationship between the school Administrator and teachers, the type or the nature of the school control by the administrator, to examine the role of the administrator in teacher’s welfare, to examine the philosophy of the government in educational sector, to find out the strategies that school administrators can use to promote the school and to examine the curriculum that will be suitable to inculcate the student. The participants where all respondents were drawn from selected in district II Shomolu Lagos. Hypothesis was tested using Chi-Square statistical tool (SPSS).
Conclusion
This study identified weak school administrators, lack of data to plan, inadequate funding, inadequate professional teachers, inadequate infrastructural facilities, institutions Corruption and insecurity as challenges preventing effective administration of education in Nigeria. To address the challenges preventing effective educational administration and the teachers welfare in Nigeria,
Recommendation
The following have been recommended: appointment of competent head for educational institutions, increase the funding of education, provide adequate infrastructural facilities, fight institutional corruption, provide adequate security and generate reliable and creditable data for planning education
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