THE EEFECTS OF PARENT-TEACHER ASSOCIATION INTERVENTION STRATEGIES AND ADMINISTRATIVE EFFECTIVENESS IN PUBLIC SECONDARY SCHOOLS IN IREPODUN L.G.A. KWARA STATE
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Nigerian education has been made better and of higher quality thanks to the Parent-Teacher Association. This study examined parent-teacher association intervention strategies and administrative effectiveness in public secondary schools in Irepodun Local Government Area, Kwara State, Nigeria. The study adopted a descriptive survey of correlational type. Two research questions and one hypothesis were raised to guide the study. A purposive random sampling technique was used to choose two hundred and forty-eight respondents from 38 public secondary schools in Irepodun Local Government Area, Kwara State. The research instrument was titled Parent-Teacher Association Intervention Strategies Questionnaire (PTAISQ) and Administrative Effectiveness Questionnaire (AEQ) was used to collect data for the study. Descriptive statistic of frequency counts, percentages, mean and standard deviation was used to analyze demographics and answer the research questions raised. Inferential statistics of Pearson Product Moment Correlation statistics were used to test the formulated research hypotheses. The findings of the study revealed that; the level of parent-teacher association intervention strategies was high based on the dimensions in Irepodun Local Government Area, Kwara State. The level of administrative effectiveness in public secondary schools in Irepodun Local Government Area, Kwara State was high. There was a significant relationship between parent-teacher association intervention strategies and administrative effectiveness in public secondary schools in Irepodun Local Government Area, Kwara State. It was recommended among others that efforts should be made to strengthen parent-teacher association through regular training and capacity-building programs to equip them with effective intervention strategies that can support administrative functions and improve school governance.
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