Benue State University, Makurdi

WOMEN PARTICIPATION IN FINANCIAL MANAGEMENT IN PUBLIC SCHOOLS FOR EFFECTIVE SCHOOL ADMINISTRATION IN NORTH-CENTRAL NIGERIA

Rose Mba Ikyo, Ph. D

Abstract

The study investigated women participation in financial and personnel management in public secondary schools for the effective school administration in North-Central Nigeria. The research design was a descriptive survey design. Two research questions and two hypotheses guided this study. The target population consisted of 13,769 male and female secondary school teachers and principals. The sample of the study was 384 respondents; proportionate random sampling technique was used to select three states out six states and the Federal Capital territory (FCT) in North-Central Nigeria. The instruments for data collection were researcher’s developed questionnaire titled: “Women Participation in Decisionmaking in Administrations Questionnaire (WOPIDAQ) and semi-structured interview. The instrument was validated by two experts in Educational Administration and one from Measurement and Evaluation from Faculty of Education, University of Nigeria, Nsukka. The overall reliability yielded 0.86 using Cronbach Alpha Coefficient method, data was analysed using percentage and frequency counts. Mean ratings and standard deviation were used to answer the research questions. The hypotheses were tested using independent simple t-test at 0.05 level of significance. The major findings of the study was that women are entrusted with the responsibility of handling financial matters in schools but given less freedom to carryout expenditure in schools and that attention given to female grievances in comparison to their male counterparts is at low extent.

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