FUNDING OF EDUCATION AS A PANACEA TO QUALITY CONTROL IN GOVERNMENT SECONDARY SCHOOLS IN EBONYI STATE

Abstract

This study examined Funding of Education as a panacea to Quality Control in Government Secondary Schools in Ebonyi State. Survey research design was adopted for this study. Two research questions in correspondent with research purpose guided the study. This was carried out in Ebonyi State. The population of the study consists of all students in government owned secondary schools in Ebonyi State. The population of the study constituted of 5,298 teachers in the 418 public secondary schools in the thirteen (13) Local Government Areas (LGAs), within the three (3) education zones of Ebonyi State. In Ebonyi State, there are 222 public secondary schools spread across the three (3) education zones. The breakdown of the teachers’ population in the public secondary schools constitute a total number of 5,298 teachers. Only the teachers in the public secondary schools owned by the Ebonyi State government were served as population of the present study. A total of 120 respondents served as sample size for the study. The instrument used for data collection was questionnaire designed by the researcher. The instrument was validated using face validity method. To test for the reliability of the instrument, a test-retest method was used and a coefficient of the two scores as 0.72 with the use of cronbach alpha. Mean analysis method was used for the data. Findings from the study show that; poor funding hinders implementation of curriculum content negatively, poor funding leads to unavailability of instructional materials in schools; dilapidated physical structures in schools are as a result of poor funding. It was recommended that Funding should be improved upon in public secondary schools by government in order to ensure the provision of quality libraries, teaching materials, and other facilities to enhance teaching and learning.