CONTEMPORARY PRACTICE IN RECORD KEEPING FOR EFFECTIVE MANAGEMENT AND ADMINISTRATION OF PUBLIC SECONDARY SCHOOL IN EDUCATIONAL ZONES ONDO STATE

Abstract

The study was carried out with the purpose of assessment of record keeping for effective management and administration of public secondary schools in Ondo State. The descriptive research design was used for this study. The population of the study consisted of 1462 principals in public secondary schools in Ondo State. Using proportional and simple random sampling techniques, a sample of 500 was drawn from the entire population and used for the study. Two research questions and a null hypothesis guided the study. A structured questionnaire titled “Contemporary practices in record keeping for effective management and administration was used to gather data(CPRKMAQ), The instrument was face validated by two experts. The reliability test yielded a coefficient of 0.78. Mean and standard deviation were used to answer research questions. T-test was used to test the null hypothesis at 0.05 level of significance. The findings showed that although the teachers were familiar with some principles of record keeping they were not proficient in most of the operational procedures. The researchers recommend that teachers should be given regular in- service training in record keeping and retrieval amongst others