ASSESSMENT OF PRINCIPAL PLANNING FOR RESUMPTION OF A NEW ACADEMIC SESSION IN PUBLIC SECONDARY SCHOOLS IN DELTA STATE, NIGERIA

Authors

  • Dorah Ataphia Akporehe Department of Educational Management and Foundations, Delta State University, Abraka, Nigeria

DOI:

https://doi.org/10.46827/ejes.v13i6.6688

Keywords:

planning, resumption, new academic session, public secondary schools

Abstract

The study focused on the assessment of principal planning for the resumption of a new academic session in public secondary schools in Delta State, Nigeria. The researcher employed a survey research method to obtain data from principals and teachers. The schools used for the study were randomly selected through a simple random sampling technique. All the principals in the sampled schools were included in the study, while the teachers were randomly selected by ballot. Self-constructed instruments - Planning for School Resumption in a New Academic Session (PSRNAS) and Teachers Assessment of Principals Planning for School Resumption in New Academic Session (TAPSRNAS) questionnaires were used to gather the data. The instruments were validated by an expert in test construction and one professor in the Department of Educational Management and Foundations at Delta State University, Abraka. Two research questions were raised, and a hypothesis was tested at a 0.05 level of significance. Data were analysed with percentages and a t-test. The findings showed that principals do not adequately prepare for school resumption; teachers' responses also indicated that principals do not make adequate plans before school resumption. The hypothesis was rejected, as there was no significant difference between teachers' and principals' responses regarding the level of planning for school resumption. The paper recommended that the government produce a handbook on school resumption preparations for each new academic session, and that principals make adequate plans to communicate with stakeholders before school resumption, amongst others.

Author Biography

  • Dorah Ataphia Akporehe, Department of Educational Management and Foundations, Delta State University, Abraka, Nigeria

    Akporehe Dorah Ataphia teaches as a Senior Lecturer in the Department of Educational Management and Foundations, Faculty of Education, Delta State University, Abraka, Nigeria. She has published extensively in both domestic and international journals, focusing on elementary and secondary education. On the other hand, she is interested in current events in gender studies and higher education, in addition to elementary and secondary education.  She has served as a resource person for the Nigerian government of Bayelsa State, where she trained elementary school teachers who participated in a professional certification programme run by the TTRCB. She is presently the Acting Head of Department in the Department of Educational Management and Foundations at Delta State University, Abraka.

    Email: doraochuks@yahoo.co.uk.

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2026-04-29

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