SAFETY AND SECURITY IN MANAGING SCHOOL FACILITIES

Abstract

School facility as the name suggests is the material that promotes positively teaching and learning outcomes. It aids teaching and learning effectiveness and as such very critical in the school system. The school management and its appropriate agency supply the school facilities to schools which the school manager distributes to the staff for efficient usage. Unfortunately, the supply of this essential mover of education are not adequate resulting to over and/or under-utilization. When school facilities are over-used as a result of insufficiency, it leads to damages of such facilities. Under-utilization also leads to spoilage of the facilities as they are allowed to waste away thus developing faults. Due to scarcity of fund, some of the necessary school facilities are not adequately provided leading to the act of managing the existing ones irrespective of their dilapidated condition. When the damaged school facilities are put to use, the safety of the users are endangered. There is the possibility that the damaged facilities (broken chairs and desks etc.) could pose danger, threat and injurious to both the teachers and the students. Consequently, distorting achievement of educational objectives as the injured ones could be absent thus missing classes. It is based on this that it becomes very imperative that safety and security be applied in managing school facilities. This could be achieved through the application of safety and security measures in managing school facilities. This is to ensure that school facilities are procured for educational purposes and not as security risks.