Critical Thinking Among School Counselors for Quality Control in Secondary Schools in Benue State
Author: Dr (Mrs) Adikwu, Victoria Ogwa
Abstract: The study examined critical thinking among school administrators for quality control in secondary schools. The study was a descriptive survey. The population of the study comprised 91 principals and 1,202 public secondary school teachers in zone B Senatorial District of Benue State. Out of the population, a sample of 27 principals and 297 teachers were selected through a stratified random sampling technique. Data collected were analyzed using mean, standard deviation while a t-test at 0.05 level of significance was adopted in testing the hypotheses. The result of the study indicates planning skills of school administrators have significance in the maintenance of school facilities for quality control in secondary schools. The finding of the study also reveals that the financial skills of school administrators have significance on the conversion of abandoned school facilities for quality control in secondary schools. It was recommended that secondary school administration should take inventory of all the facilities in the school system. This will enable the school management to identify facilities that require maintenance. Facilities identified as dilapidating or abandoned should be an auctioned to the public or maintained and rented out for income generation. The school administration could generate enough income through the process of renting out school facilities.