INFLUENCE OF BUDGETING ON THE ADMINISTRATION OF SECONDARY SCHOOLS IN JIGAWA STATE, NIGERIA

INFLUENCE OF BUDGETING ON THE ADMINISTRATION OF SECONDARY SCHOOLS IN JIGAWA STATE, NIGERIA 

ABSTRACT

This study was conducted to assess the influence of budgeting on the administration of secondary schools in Jigawa State. The study has five objectives among which are to: determine the influence of budgeting on staffing in secondary schools in JigawaState;examine the influence of budgeting on staff development programmes in secondary schools in Jigawastate;ascertain the influence of budgeting on the provision of instructional facilities in secondary schools in Jigawa State;. In line with these objectives, five research questions were asked and, five null hypotheses formulated. Related literatures were reviewed along with three (3) empirical studies. Descriptive research design was adopted for the study. A total of 364 respondents were sampled from the total population of 7049. A structured questionnaire was used to collect data from the respondents. The data collected were presented in tables andanalyzed using weighted mean to answer the research questions. The five hypotheses were tested using One Way Analysis of Variance (ANOVA) for the null hypotheses at 0.05level of significance. Descriptive statistic was used to analyze the bio- data of the respondents. The major findings of the study are that: budgeting has led to employment of more staff, prompt payment of salaries and promotion of staff in secondary schools in Jigawa State,budgeting has enabled the state government to provide various staff development programmes for teachers in jigawa state, budgeting has influenced the provision of instructional facilities (library, laboratory and other to facilities).In Secondary Schools in Jigawa State, there was provision of welfare facilities due to proper budgeting in Secondary Schools in Jigawa State,budgeting has influenced the provision of games facilities in Secondary Schools in Jigawa State.. Recommendations were made which include;more funds should be made available to education sector in order to improve on the provision of quality of staff in secondary schools in Jigawa state. Serious attention should be paid to staff development programmes through effective budgetary allocation,available instructional facilities should be put for effective usage and teachers should have a way of improvisation to complement government efforts. Better welfare package should be provided for teachers in order to motivate them to do more.The government of Jigawa State should do more in the provision of games facilities in Jigawa State.

INFLUENCE OF BUDGETING ON THE ADMINISTRATION OF SECONDARY SCHOOLS IN JIGAWA STATE, NIGERIA (2013-2017)

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