PRINCIPALS’ FINANCIAL RECORD KEEPING PRACTICES FOR ADMINISTRATION OF SECONDARY SCHOOL IN BAYELSA STATE

Abstract

The study was designed to investigate the principals’ financial record keeping practices for administration of secondary school in Bayelsa State. One specific purpose, research question and hypothesis were formulated to guide the study. A descriptive survey research design was adopted for the study. Three thousand, nine hundred and fifty (3950) staff of secondary schools in Bayelsa State; comprising of one hundred and eighty-eight (188) principals and three thousand seven hundred and sixty-two (3762) teachers in the one hundred and eighty- eight (188) government owned secondary schools in Bayelsa State constituted the target population. The simple random sampling technique through balloting with replacement was used to select five (5) education zones out of the nine (9) education zones in the state. The result yielded a reliability index of 0.6347. Data were collected with the help of three research assistants. Mean () score and Standard Deviation (SD) were used to answer the research questions while t-test of difference was used to test the null hypotheses at 0.05 level of significance. The findings showed that the tcalculated value of 2.94 is greater than the t-critical value of 1.960 (2.94>1.96). This result implies that the hypothesis is rejected. The alternative hypothesis is therefore uphold; implying that there is a significant difference in the mean ratings of respondents in urban and rural areas on principals’ financial record keeping  practices for administration of secondary schools in Bayelsa State.