PTA Participation in Decision-Making and Effective Management of Secondary Schools in Sagbama Local Government Area of Bayelsa State
Abstract
The purpose of this research was to investigate secondary schools in the Sagbama Local Government Area of Bayelsa State to find out how well-managed they are when PTAs are involved in making decisions. A correlational survey design was used in the study's investigation. A total of 1,596 participants, including instructors and parents, were surveyed throughout the 2020–2021 school year at 10 randomly chosen public secondary schools in the Sagbama Local Government Area of Bayelsa State. Using the proportional stratified random selection approach, 638 parents and teachers, or 40% of the total population, were chosen to participate in the research. Ten (10) questions made up the PTA Participation in Decision- making and Effective Management of Secondary Schools Questionnaire (PTAPDEMSSQ), the instrument used to gather data. Researchers from Niger Delta University's educational foundations department and two specialists in assessment and evaluation from Wilberforce Island, Bayelsa State, checked the instrument's validity. The reliability coefficient values of the instrument internal consistencies were obtained with the application of Cronbach’s Alpha method. The reliability coefficient values stood at .720 and .750 for PTA Participation in Decision-making and effective management of secondary schools respectively. The data were analyzed with the application of simple percentage analysis, model summary of simple regression analysis and PPMC analysis for the demographic data, research question and hypothesis respectively with the support of the SPSS version 26. The study concludes that PTA Participation in Decision-making has significant relationship with effective management of secondary schools. On the strength of the conclusion, it was recommended that, parents’ teachers association should strongly and highly depend on their participation in decision- making as a result of its supportive role towards an effective management of sec
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