CHALLENGES OF MANAGEMENT OF PUBLIC SECONDARY EDUCATION IN NIGERIA

Abstract

Management of public secondary school is the ability of the school principal to combine both human and non-human resources provided in the school to attain educational objectives. Secondary school students are mainly teenagers who are boisterous and at the period psychologists referred to as the period of “storm and stress” as such require to be fully engaged. It is imperative to keep them busy with curricular and extracurricular activities so as to curb incidences of behavior maladjustment and other social vices. This could only be achieved through the principal’s management tactics in congruence with the other school personnel. The school head has the duty to work in harmony with the teaching and non-teaching staff to achieve desired goals. In view of the above narrative, this study excavates the concept of education, management, public secondary school, management of secondary education, challenges inhibiting effective management of public secondary school and possible suggestions.