Increased Establishment of Private Secondary Schools and Quality Education Delivery in Rivers State, Nigeria

Ezeanya Stanley Arinze

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Increased Establishment of Private Secondary Schools and Quality Education Delivery in Rivers State, Nigeria

Ezeanya Stanley Arinze

Published in Teacher Education and Curriculum Studies (Volume 1, Issue 2)

Received: 21 September 2016 Accepted: 21 October 2016 Published: 15 November 2016

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This study examined increased establishment of private secondary schools and quality education delivery in Rivers State, Nigeria.. Two research questions and two hypotheses guided the study. The study used a descriptive survey design. The population of the study comprises all the 564 government approved private secondary schools in Rivers State with 1,128 proprietors and PTA chairmen. A sample of 315 proprietors and PTA chairmen representing 28% was drawn from the population with the use of simple random sampling. The instrument used in this study was questionnaire. The reliability test was done with Cronbach’s alpha. Data were analyzed with SPSS software package using mean, standard deviation and rank order to answer research questions and z-test to test hypotheses. The findings after the analysis of data revealed among others that the increased establishment of private secondary schools brings about a healthy competition towards the improvement of quality and that private schools have a body that regulates its activities internally towards the maintenance of standards. The researcher recommended among others that government should put in place a strong body that will ensure that at least minimum standards are maintained in private schools.

Published in	Teacher Education and Curriculum Studies (Volume 1, Issue 2)
DOI	10.11648/j.tecs.20160102.12
Page(s)	33-38
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Establishment, Private Secondary School, Education, Quality, Minimum Standards

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Department of Educational Management, Faculty of Education, University of Port Harcourt, Choba, Port Harcourt, Nigeria

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