Management of School Plant in Public Secondary Schools in North Central, Nigeria
Author: Ameh, Grace & Dr (Mrs.) Odeh, R. C.
Abstract: This study investigated the management of school plant in public secondary schools in North Central Nigeria. Two research questions were raised to guide the study and two null hypotheses were formulated and tested at a 0.05 level of significance. The related literature was reviewed. The variables of the study were preventive maintenance strategy and emergency maintenance strategy. The study employed a descriptive survey research design. The population of the study was 36,422 teachers from 1,949 public secondary schools. A sample of 381 respondents was selected for the study. A multi-stage sampling procedure was adopted for the study. The instrument for data collection was the Plant Management Questionnaire (SPMQ) with a reliability coefficient of 0.96. The findings of the study revealed that principals’ use of preventive strategy and emergency maintenance strategy has a significant influence on the management of school plants in public secondary schools. Based on the findings of this study, it was recommended among others that school principals should develop the culture of preventive maintenance strategy as a high priority rather than ad-hoc maintenance, and principals of secondary schools should endeavor to imbibe the spirit of timely maintenance of school plant in secondary schools.