Assessing Principals’ Perception and Attitudes towards Sustainable Management of Infrastructure in Nigeria Secondary Schools

Abstract

This study examined “Assessing Principals’ Perception and Attitudes towards sustainable Management of infrastructure in Nigerian Secondary Schools”. Based on the enormous importance of school infrastructure the researcher undertook to find out if principals’ perception and attitude influence their management of the infrastructure in schools The study was limited to Abia State. The research design was the descriptive survey. Purposive sample of 265 secondary school principals was used for the study. A 12-item structured questionnaire with a Cronbach Alpha reliability coefficient of 0.83 was used for data collection. Mean was used for data analysis. Findings showed that the perception of the principals on the management of school infrastructure is positive considering the enormous importance of these infrastructure in schools to both teachers and students in teaching and learning. This observation came from principals’ agreement that they always supervise the use of infrastructure in schools to see they are used appropriately, always advise teachers to use the available infrastructure while teaching and see the infrastructure as one of the solutions to the problems of teaching In consequence the researcher recommended that all the principals in Nigeria schools should see the management of their schools infrastructure as one of the key responsibilities of their official portfolio, Principals should form positive attitude to the procurement, making available to teachers the infrastructure and supervising their use and storage for longevity. Adequate budgetary provisions should be made for schools to tackle the problems of infrastructural decay in schools.