A Study of Administrative Practices of Head-teachers of Migrant Fishermen Schools in Rivers State, Nigeria
Author: Prof. Emenike Obi & Cecilia Uchechukwu Nwosu
Abstract: In this study, the researcher investigated the administrative practices of teachers and head-teachers in migrant fishermen schools in Rivers State. The descriptive survey research design was adopted for the study. Five research questions and five hypotheses guided the study. The population consisted of 336 teachers and 50 head-teachers and this population of 386 was used as the sample size as it is a manageable size. The instrument used to obtain data from the respondents consisted of a 32 item questionnaire that had 4 clusters. The instrument was validated by three experts, two from the Department of Educational Management and Policy and one from the Department of Educational Foundations, all from the Faculty of Education, Nnamdi Azikiwe University, Awka. The reliability of the instrument was obtained through Cronbach Alpha with an average of 3.14. Mean and standard deviation was used to answer the research questions and test the hypotheses at a 2.50 level of significance. The finding of the study among others was that the use of positive reinforcement is rare and this affects students’ strive for academic excellence. It was therefore recommended among others that teachers and head-teachers of the migrant fishermen schools in Rivers state should use positive reinforcement to boost students’ effort to improve in their studies.