Managing Secondary Education for Sustainable Development in Anambra State through Adequate Resources Mobilisation: Challenges and Strategies for Improvement

Abstract

The purpose of this study was to examine the need towards managing secondary education for sustainable development in Anambra State through adequate resources mobilisation: challenges and strategies for improvement. Four research questions guided this study. The descriptive survey research design was employed in the study. Population for the study consisted of 259 principals and 5,867 teachers from the 259 public secondary schools within 6 education zones in Anambra State. Sample size of the study constituted a total of 371 respondents, which comprised 78 principals and 293 teachers selected from 78 public secondary schools within the 6 education zones using stratified random sampling technique. A researchers-developed 33-item questionnaire titled: “Managing Secondary Education for Sustainable Development through Adequate Resources Mobilisation Questionnaire (MSESDARMQ)” was the instrument for data collection. The research instrument was validated by three experts from the Department of Educational Management and Policy. A pilot-test was carried out in order to establish reliability of the questionnaire which gave reliability coefficient index ‘r’ value of 0.80 after the entire process. Data collated were analysed using mean scores and standard deviation. The findings of the study revealed among others that, many of the school plant resources and teaching-learning resources were not mobilised and adequate for managing secondary education for sustainable development in Anambra State. This is usually caused by some challenges as discovered in the study. Among the recommendations which were proffered from the findings of the study were that the Anambra State Government should improve on managing sustainable development of secondary education in Anambra State through adequate funding which is very crucial for the mobilisation of the school plant resources and teaching-learning resources.