Staff Management in the Assessment of Inclusive Education in Private Secondary Schools, Rivers State.

Abstract

This study investigated Staff Management in the Assessment of inclusive education in private
secondary school, Rivers State. Two objectives and two research questions were used.
Descriptive survey design was adopted. The population of the study consisted of all the 140
staff (53 male and 87 female staff) of the four (4) inclusive education centres in Rivers
State. The sample size consisted of 140 respondents (53 male and 87 female staff);
representing 100% of the population. Census sampling techniques were adopted. The
instrument for data collection was 20-item questionnaire titled: ‘The instrument is a selfstructured
titled “Staff Management for Assessment of Inclusive Education Questionnaire
(SMAIEQ)”. on 4-point modified Likert rating scale. The reliability coefficient of 0.87 was
obtained. Data obtained was analyzed using the mean ( X ) and Z-test. Specifically, the mean
( X ) was used to answer the research questions while the Z-test was used to test hypotheses
at 0.05 level of significanc the managemente. Findings shows that staff management
techniques and solutions to challenges enhance assessment of inclusive education in private
secondary schools in Rivers State to a high extent while it was recommended that Rivers
State Government should provide policy focus on the project of inclusive education, private
owned secondary schools should embark on school improvement programme by
providing the platform for promoting inclusive practices at school levels through
systematic head teacher and teacher support programmes by way of workshop
organizations, and staff should be trained in basic knowledge and skills that will enable them
perform essential special education leadership tasks.