ACCOUNTABILITY: STRATEGIC DEVICE FOR SECONDARY EDUCATION DEVELOPMENT IN ABEOKUTA SOUTH LOCAL GOVERNMENT AREA OF OGUN STATE

Abstract

Universally, accountability has been identified as the main fundamental of every organizational accomplishment. This study investigated Accountability: Strategic Device for Secondary Education Development in Abeokuta North Local Government Area of Ogun State. The descriptive survey design was used for this study. The study population consisted of all the public secondary schools in Abeokuta South Local Government Area (LGA) of Ogun State. Out of 40 public secondary schools in Abeokuta South LGA of Ogun State, 25 schools were randomly selected through simple random sampling techniques. In each school, one principal was selected for the study through purposive random sampling. A total of twenty five (25) principals were used. Designed instrument titled “Accountability and Strategic Device for Secondary Education Development Questionnaire (ASDSEDQ)” was employed in the study. The instrument was given to the experts in the field of evaluation and Teachers Education for scrutiny. Test-retest was adopted and a reliability co-efficient of 0.85 was obtained. Pearson Product Moment Correlation Analysis was used to analyse the two research hypotheses. It was revealed that there was significant relationship between principals’ accountability and uses of physical educational resources (r = .67; p < 0.05); significant positive relationship between principals’ accountability and supervisory roles (r = .73; p < 0.05) and there was significant relationship between principals’ accountability and uses of weekly imprest/ school funding(r = .012; p < 0.05). Based on the findings of this study, it is recommended that school administrators should adopt good supervisory tool for organizational success, school administrators need to embrace effective uses of available physical education resources and that school administrators should develop high sense of rational spending which would enhance productivity in the schools.