Benue State University, Makurdi

PARENTS’ TEACHERS’ ASSOCIATION (PTA) ROLE IN MANAGEMENT OF SECONDARY SCHOOLS IN MAKURDI METROPOLIS OF BENUE STATE

Yangeve Manaseh PhD, Okpe Joseph Okpe PhD, Uwalaka, Mathew PhD and Agashua Ngukeren Mercy

Abstract

The study investigated influence of Parent Teacher Association (PTA) role in management of secondary schools in Makurdi Makurdi Local Government Area of Benue State. Two research questions guided the study and two hypotheses were formulated and tested. Descriptive survey design was adopted for the study. The population of this study comprised 778 teachers from 22 public secondary schools in Makurdi Local Government Area of Benue State, Nigeria. A sample of 140 teachers from 9 secondary schools was used for the study. A 10-item structured fourpoint rating scale questionnaire developed by the researcher titled” Parent Teachers’ Association Questionnaire (PTAQ) was used for collection of data for the study. Data obtained from field study were then analysed using descriptive and inferential statistics. Mean scores and Standard Deviation were used to answer research questions while chi-square (χ 2 ) test of goodness of-fit was used to test the hypotheses at 0.05 level of significance. The findings revealed that Parent Teacher Association role has significant influence on funding and maintenance of discipline in secondary schools in Makurdi Local Government Area of Benue State. It was concluded that Parent Teacher Association (PTA) has significant influence on the management of secondary schools in Makurdi Makurdi Local Government Area of Benue State. It was recommended among others parents should be encouraged by appropriate school authorities to fully support the financing of their wards or children mostly by providing all the required learning materials and they should frequently and promptly pay their school fees.

DOWNLOAD COMPLETE ARTICLE HERE (CLICK)