Benue State University, Makurdi

QUALITY ASSURANCE STRATEGIES AS DETERMINANTS OF PUBLIC SECONDARY SCHOOLS’ EFFECTIVENESS IN KWARA STATE, NIGERIA

Sulyman Kamaldeen Olohundare
Department of Educational Management, University of Ilorin, Ilorin, Nigeria

Adebayo Sherifat Shola
Kwara State College of Education, Oro

Abstract

This study examined quality assurance strategies as determinants of public secondary schools’ effectiveness in Kwara State, Nigeria. It adopted a descriptive research design of survey type. The population of the study comprised 6,813 teachers in all the 317 public secondary schools in the State. Cluster sampling technique was used to group the LGAs in the State into senatorial districts. Random sampling technique was used to select two LGAs from each of the senatorial districts. Random sampling technique was used to select five schools from each of the selected LGAs while 10 teachers were also randomly selected from each of the sampled schools. Quality Assurance Strategies Questionnaire (QASQ) and Students’ Academic Performance Proforma (SAPP) were used to collect data. The QASQ was validated and found reliable with a reliability coefficient of 0.73. Pearson’s Product Moment Correlation was used to test the hypotheses at 0.05 level of significance. The findings of the study revealed that there was a significant relationship between quality assurance strategies and public secondary schools’ effectiveness in Kwara State, Nigeria (r=0.522, p< 0.05).The study concluded that if government prioritses integration of quality assurance strategies such as adequacy of teachers, adequacy of facilities and regular teacher professional development into the operation of public secondary schools in Kwara State. Based on the findings and conclusion of the study, it was recommended that government should improve upon its attention to the quality assurance strategies through adequate provision of teachers, adequate provision of facilities, and regular teacher professional development to enhance public secondary schools’ effectiveness in terms of students’ academic performance.

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