Assessment of Administrative Control Strategies for Quality Assurance in Nigerian Public Secondary Schools

This study was carried out to assess how administrative control strategies are carried for quality assurance in public secondary schools in Ebonyi State. Four research questions guided the study. Descriptive survey reseach design was adopted for the study. All the two thousand nine hundred and ninety two (2992) teachers/principals in the two hundred and twenty one (221) public secondary schools in Ebonyi state were used for the study. Simple random sampling technique was used to select three hundred (300) teachers/principals used for the study. Researcher structured questionnaire was used for data collection. The data collected were analyzed using mean scores. The findings of the study revealed that Ebonyi state public secondary schools are not adequately supervised, educational facilities are not adequately provided and teachers performance are not adequately appraised for teachers improvement. It was also observed that disciplinary measures are not adequately applied in public secondary schools. Based on the findings, it was recommended that the federal and state inspectorate services should ensure regular supervision and monitoring of public secondary schools to ensure their total compliance with the quality standards, also the secondary education board should ensure that required educational facilities are provided to all public secondary schools. Above all regular appraisal programme should be organized for teachers for their professional growth and overall improvement of instructional delivery in public secondary schools. Finally, principals should ensure that friendly environment is created in their schools to forestall disciplinary problems as well as use appropriate disciplinary measures to handle staff disciplinary matters.