INFLUENCE OF PRINCIPALS’ MANAGEMENT STRATEGIES AND IMPLEMENTATION OF SCHOOL-BASED MANAGEMENT COMMITTEE IN BASIC SCHOOLS IN NORTH CENTRAL NIGERIA

Abstract

This study is titled ‘Influence of Principals’ Management Strategies and Implementation of School-Based Management Committee in Basic Schools in North-Central Nigeria’. Descriptive survey design was used for this study. Two research questions were asked which were: What is the influence of principals’ decision making strategies and resource mobilization strategies on implementation of SBMC in basic schools in North central Nigeria. The population of the study was 70,241 with sample size 1,517. The instrument used to collect data were self-deigned questionnaire that contained 5 items each making a total of 10. The reliability of the instrument was ascertained using a split-half method to determine consistency of the results and reliability indexes was 0.75. Mean and standard deviation as well as linear regressions were used for data analysis. The findings from this study revealed that there was significant relationship between principals’ management strategies of decision making, resource mobilization and implementation of School–Based Management Committee in north-central Nigeria. Hence, the two hypotheses were rejected. It was recommended that principals should continue to involve youths, women associations and SBMC members in their management strategies to mobilize resources and contribute to the development of basic schools through effective and sustainable implementation of School-Based Management Committees in North-Central Nigeria.