Principals’ Awareness of Child’s Right Act for Effective Students’ Administration in Private and Public Secondary Schools in Osun State

Abstract

The study examined principals’ awareness of the Child’s Rights Act for effective student administration in private and public secondary schools in Osun State. Two research questions and two hypotheses guided the study. The design of this study was a descriptive survey. The population of the study comprised all 1,423 principals in the private and public secondary schools in Osun State. The study sampled 384 respondents using a stratified random sampling technique. The instrument that was used to collect data for the study was a well-structured questionnaire titled, Principals’ Awareness of Child’s Right Act for Effective Student Administration Questionnaire (PACRAESAQ). It was validated by three experts in the field of Educational Measurement and Evaluation, Faculty of Education, University of Port Harcourt. In order to obtain the reliability of the instrument, test test-retest method was used with a reliability coefficient of 0.82. Mean and standard deviation were used to answer the research questions, while the z-ratio was used. Findings of the study showed, amongst others, that to a very high extent, private and public school principals needed to be aware of the child’s right to act on student freedom from discrimination and student freedom of expression. This is for effective students’ administration in private and public secondary schools in Osun State. Are of Child’s Rights Act on student freedom from discrimination and student freedom of expression. This is for effective students’ administration in private and public secondary schools in Osun State.d to test the hypotheses at the 0.05 level of significance. The findings of the study showed, amongst others, that to a very high extent, private and public school principals needed to be aware of the child’s right to act on student freedom from discrimination and student freedom of expression for effective student administration in private and public secondary schools in Osun State. It was recommended amongst others that legal measures should be taken against secondary school principals who violate the Child Rights Act on students' freedom from discrimination in public secondary schools in Osun State.