ABSTRACT

This research work on Conflicts in the Implementation of Education Policy in the Administration of Secondary Schools in Enugu State is necessary due to successive years of inconsistencies and confusion of education policy and conflicts in the implementation of educational policies. The government is more or less concerned with economic stability of the state without actually considering the educational development of the state.  For any nation or state to develop and become established, that nation’s educational system must be looked into, especially in the area of its policies.  The purpose of this research work was to examine the causes of conflicts in the implementation of Education Policy in the Administration of Secondary Schools and how best these conflicts could be managed.  Four research questions and two null hypotheses were formulated to guide the study.  Descriptive survey design was adopted for the study.  The population of the study consisted all the two hundred and seventy-five (275) secondary school principals in Enugu State and eight (8) political appointees who make policies in Secondary Schools.  Researcher developed questionnaire titled Conflict in the Implementation of Education Policy in Secondary School Administration (CIEPQ) was used to illicit responses from the subjects.  The reliability of the instrument was determined at 0.96 using cronbach Alpha technique.  Mean (X) and standard deviation (SD) were used to answer the research questions while t – test statistics was used to test the null hypotheses at 0.05 level of significance.  The findings from the data analysis showed that conflicts in the implementation of education policy can be well managed through adoption of some vibrant strategies such as; consideration of individual differences, making of sound communication channel, good management style, involving principals in decision-making process by political appointees.

TABLE OF CONTENTS

Title Page:   –        –        –        –        –        –        –        –        –        i

Approval Page: –  –        –        –        –        –        –        –        –        ii

Certification:        –        –        –        –        –        –        –        –        iii

Dedication: –        –        –        –        –        –        –        –        –        iv

Acknowledgements: –     –        –        –        –        –        –        –        v

Abstract:     –        –        –        –        –        –        –        –        –        vii

Table of Contents:         –        –        –        –        –        –        –        –        viii

List of Tables:      –        –        –        –        –        –        –        –        x

CHAPTER ONE:  INTRODUCTION

Background to the Study:                 –        –        –        –        –        –        1

Statement of the Problem:       –        –        –        –        –        –        9

Purpose of the Study:    –        –        –        –        –        –        –        11

Significance of the Study:        –        –        –        –        –        –        11

Scope of the Study:       –        –        –        –        –        –        –        15

Research Questions:      –        –        –        –        –        –        –        15

Hypotheses:         –        –        –        –        –        –        –        –        –        15

CHAPTER TWO:  REVIEW OF LITERATURE

Conceptual Framework:        –        –        –        –        –        –        17

Concept of conflicts:      –        –        –        –        –        –        –        17

Politics and Education Administration:      –        –        –        –        58

Secondary School:         –        –        –        –        –        –        –        –        70

Education Policy: –        –        –        –        –        –        –        –        72

Policy Implementation:  –        –        –        –        –        –        –        74

Administration:    –        –        –        –        –        –        –        –        79

Theoretical Framework:        –        –        –        –        –        –        80

Human Needs Theory:   –        –        –        –        –        –        –        81

Nomothetic-idiographic theory:        –        –        –        –        –        –        82

Review of Empirical Studies: –        –        –        –        –        –        84

Summary of Review of Literature: –        –        –        –        –        92     

CHAPTER THREE: RESEARCH METHOD

Design of the Study:      –        –        –        –        –        –        –        95

Area of the Study:         –        –        –        –        –        –        –        –        95

Population of the Study:         –        –        –        –        –        –        –        96

Sample and Sampling Techniques:   –        –        –        –        –        96

Instrument for Data Collection:        –        –        –        –        –        –        97

Validation of the Instrument:  –        –        –        –        –        –        97

Reliability of the Instrument:   –        –        –        –        –        –        98

Method of Data Collection:     –        –        –        –        –        –        98

Method of Data Analysis:       –        –        –        –        –        –        99

CHAPTER FOUR: RESULTS

PRESENTATION OF DATA ANALYSIS:      –        –        –        100

Summary of Results:     –        –        –        –        –        –        –        110

CHAPTER FIVE: DISCUSSION OF FINDINGS, IMPLICATION,

SUMMARY, CONCLUSION, RECOMMENDATIONS AND

SUGGESTIONS FOR FURTHER STUDIES.

Summary of the Study:  –        –        –        –        –        –        –        117

Conclusion: –        –        –        –        –        –        –        –        –        118

Recommendations:        –        –        –        –        –        –        –        119

Limitations of the Study:         –        –        –        –        –        –        –        120

Suggestions for further Studies;        –        –        –        –        –        –        120

REFERENCES

APPENDICES

Appendix 1: List of Schools by Local Government Areas and Zones

Appendix 2:  Conflicts in the Implementation of Education Policy in

Secondary School Administration Questionnaire (CIEPQ)

Appendix 3: List of Tables

LIST OF TABLES

Table 1:      Mean Ratings of Principals and Political Appointees on Causes of Conflict in the Implementation of Education Policy in the Administration of Secondary Schools

Table 2:      Mean Ratings of Principals and Political Appointees on Types of Conflicts that Exist in the Implementation of Education Policy in Secondary School Administration

Table 3:      Mean Ratings of Principals and Political Appointees on the Effects of Conflicts in the implementation of Education Policy

Table 4:      Mean Ratings of Principals and Political Appointees on the Strategies for Managing Conflicts in the Implementation of Education Policy in the Administration of Secondary Schools

Table 5:      T-test Analysis of Principals’ and Political Appointees Responses on Factors Responsible for Conflict in the Implementation of Education Policy in Enugu State.

Table 6:      :  T-test Analysis of Principals’ and Political Appointees Responses with regard to management of conflict in the implementation of education policy.