OKAFOR IJEOMA CALISTA —
Department of Educational Management
Ignatius Ajuru University of Education
Port Harcourt, Nigeria
ABSTRACT
This study investigated availability and utilization of educational resources for effective administration in public junior secondary school in Enugu State. The study adopted a descriptive design with a population of 295 principals and a sample of 170 along with four research questions and four hypotheses. A self-structured instrument titled “Availability and Utilization of Education Resources Questionnaire (AUERQ)” was designed by the researcher to answer the research question. To ascertain the reliability of the instrument, test-retest method was adopted using Cronbach alpha correlation coefficient and an index of 0.81 was established. Mean and standard deviation statistics were used to answer four research questions, z-test was used to test two null hypotheses at alpha p<.05. The result of the study showed that poor financial resources, fair utilization of educational resources, poor availability of educational resources hamper effective administration of junior secondary school in Enugu state. Also remedies to availability and utilization of educational resources for effective administration of junior secondary schools in Enugu State were revealed. The study concluded that corruption in the system has on most time encouraged under-funding of the junior secondary school system in Enugu State. Also School Personnel and Principals misuse the financial resources of the school either intentionally, ignorantly or due to lack of administrative know how. The study therefore recommend that the government and all stakeholders of the secondary school education should take proactive measures in curbing corruption in the education sector which cripple or reduce the availability of funds to purchase the needed physical resources meant for teaching and learning.
Keywords: Administration, Availability, Educational Resources, Utilization.