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School Organic Structure and Sustainable Education Management in Public Senior Secondary Schools In Port Harcourt Metropolis

Chinwe Comfort Uwem, Kenneth Amadi Ph.D.

Abstract

This study examined the relationship between school organic structure and sustainable education management in public senior secondary schools in Port Harcourt Metropolis, Rivers State. The study adopted a correlational research design with a population of 1,933 respondents which comprises 48 principals and 1,885 teachers respectively. The researchers adopted the Krejcie and Morgan sample size to determine the sample size of 368 respondents which includes 48 principals and 320 teachers in public senior secondary schools in Port Harcourt Metropolis. The instruments for data collection were two sets of questionnaires titled “School Organic Structure Questionnaire and Sustainable Education Management Questionnaire . The instruments were validated by three experts, one in the field of Educational Management, and two in Measurement and Evaluation both in Rivers State University. The internal consistency of the instrument yielded reliability coefficients of 0.85 and 0.81, which showed that the instruments were reliable. The research question was answered, and the Pearson’s Product-Moment Correlation Coefficient was used to test the hypotheses at 0.05 level of significance using Statistical Package for Social Sciences . The result of the analysed data revealed that there is a significant relationship between school organic structure and sustainable education management. Based on the findings, it was concluded that school organic structure significantly influences sustainable education management in public senior secondary schools in Port Harcourt Metropolis. The researcher recommended that school administrators of public senior secondary schools in Port Harcourt Metropolis should consider adopting organic structure to leverage their flexibility and adaptability in promoting sustainable education management.

Keywords

Organic StructureSustainable EducationPublic Senior Secondary SchoolsManagement

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