Appraisal of Internally Generated Revenue and School Plant Development in Osun State Public Secondary Schools

Abstract

This study appraised internally generated revenue and school plant development in public secondary schools in Osun State. The descriptive survey research design was adopted for the study. The population of the study comprised all teachers in public secondary schools in Osun State from where 270 teachers were selected using simple random sampling technique. A self-designed questionnaire tagged “Appraisal of Internally Generated Revenue and School Plant Development (AIGRSPD)” and a Checklist were used to collect data for the study. Four research questions were raised and answered using percentages and frequency tables. Two research hypotheses were formulated and tested using Pearson Product Moment Correlation (PPMC) at 0.05 level of significance. Findings, among others, revealed that secondary schools in Osun State generated revenue through various methods to complement government’s subvention for school plant development. It was concluded among others that government should increase the funds allocated to education sector in its budget and that secondary school administrators should be more proactive in getting revenue to supplement what government is providing through budgets