SCHOOL ADMINISTRATORS’ TORT ATTITUDE ON STUDENTS RIGHTS IN SENIOR SECONDARY SCHOOLS, OYO STATE, NIGERIA
Keywords:
Administrator, Attitude toward Tort, Tort laws, Civil wrongs in secondary schools, Students’ rights, School administrators, Oyo StateAbstract
The study examined the influence of administrators’ tort attitude on students’ rights in senior secondary schools in Oyo State. The study employed a survey design on twelve (12) Local Government Areas (LGAs) which were drawn from the six educational zones of the State. The study selected a total of one hundred and forty two (142) administrators (36 principals and 106 vice principals) as participants in the study. The two self-designed instruments used in the study were named: Administrators’ Attitude toward Tort Law Scale (AtTL; ? = 0.74) and Infringement of Students’ Rights Survey (IoSRS) (? = 0.78). Data obtained were analysed using descriptive statistics, PPMC, independence sample t-test and with level of significance set at 0.05. The result showed that attitude toward tort law among administrators (x = 2.85) was fair. The AtTL (r = -0.552) had significant negative correlation with IoSR; Gender had no significant impact on administrators’ Attitude toward Tort Law (t = -1.845, df =140, P > .05). It was recommended that school administrators should reduce infringement rate through their willingness to train on tort related offences as well as ensure legal principles are put to practice in schools.
