Title:
EFFECT OF STUDENTS’ UNREST ON MANAGEMENT OF SECONDARY SCHOOLS IN MAKURDI LOCAL GOVERNMENT AREA OF BENUE STATE, NIGERIA.

Authors:
Joseph Tersoo Loko, Chiangi Iorfa Mbam and Veronica Dooyum Loko

Abstract:
This study investigated the effect of Students’ unrest on the management of Secondary Schools in Makurdi Local Government Area of Benue State. The study was guided by three research questions and three hypotheses. A descriptive survey design was adopted for this study. From the total population of 1594 teachers across 89 schools, a sample of 160 teachers and 20 schools were drawn for the study. A 13 items structured questionnaire titled Effect of Students’ Unrest on Management of Secondary Schools Questionnaire (ESUMSSQ) was administered to one hundred and sixty (160) teachers for data collection. Data obtained were analyzed using both descriptive statistics of mean and standard deviation and inferential statistics of the chi-square (x) test of goodness of fit. The null hypotheses were tested at a 0.05 level of significance. The findings of the study revealed causes of Students’ unrest as Involvement of students in a cult, students’ home background, dissatisfaction over academic needs, and poor communication gap which affect the planning and implementation of school’s programs and infrastructural development in the management of secondary schools in Makurdi Local Government Area of Benue State. The researcher, therefore, recommended that government and school management should strategize ways of identifying causes of Students’ unrest and appropriate measure of putting a halt to their occurrence. To achieve this; peers should be advised on the kinds of relationships they keep with their fellow peers in order to control causes of unrest among them.

Keywords:
Students, Unrest, management.

DOI:
https://doi.org/10.37500/IJESSR.2023.6401