PETROLEUM SUBSIDY REMOVAL AS CORRELATE OF ADMINISTRATION OF PUBLIC SECONDARY SCHOOLS IN BENUE STATE, NIGERIA

Abstract

This study investigated petroleum subsidy removal as a correlate of administration of public secondary schools in Benue State, Nigeria. The study was guided by two specific objectives which were to determine the correlation of petroleum subsidy removal with payment of staff salaries and provision of school health care facilities. Two null hypotheses were tested for the study at 0.05 level of significance. Correlational research design was adopted for the study. The population of the study comprised 2,472 teachers in 319 public secondary schools in Benue State, Nigeria. The sample size comprised 247 teachers which were selected using multi-stage sampling procedure. Questionnaires were used for data collection. Cronbach Alpha statistic was used to determine internal consistency of the instrument using 40 teachers. The result yielded co-efficient values of 0.86 for PSRQ and 0.81 for APSSQ. Pearson’s Product Moment Coefficient was used for test of hypotheses. Findings showed that petroleum subsidy removal has a strong significant positive correlation with administration public secondary schools in terms of payment of staff salaries and provision of health care facilities. The study concluded that petroleum subsidy removal has enhanced administration of public secondary schools. Therefore, it was recommended that there should be strengthening of provision of funds by government to cater for payment of staff salaries and educational planners should ensure proper planning for the provision of health care facilities in public secondary schools in the face of petroleum subsidy removal.