TOPIC

The Extent of Human Rights Implementation in the Management of Secondary Schools in Ebonyi State, Nigeria.

AUTHOR

Ogbu Juliana Ibueavunam, Oko Ndubuisi Ogbonnia and Egwu Sarah Oben

ABSTRACT
This study assessed the Extent of Human Rights Implementation in the Management Secondary Schools in Ebonyi State. The study was guided with two research questions and null hypotheses. The study adopted descriptive survey research design. The population of the study comprised eighty-one thousand, fifty-three students in the Co-educational public secondary schools in Ebonyi State. The sample of the study comprised three hundred and ninety-seven students. The instrument for data collection was a researcher developed questionnaire titled “Extent of Human Rights Implementation in the Management Secondary Schools Questionnaire (EHRIMSSQ)”. The instrument was validated by three experts: two in the Department of Educational Foundations (Educational Administration and Planning Unit) while one was Measurement and Evaluation Unit of Science Education, all from the Faculty of Education, Ebonyi State University, Abakaliki. The reliability of the instrument was determined using Cronbach Alpha technique which yielded a reliability coefficient of 0.72. Mean (x) and standard deviation (SD) were used to answer the research questions while t-test statistics was used to test the null hypotheses at 0.05 level of significance. The findings from the data analysis revealed that Principals’ implementation of students’ right to personal liberty and right to life in public secondary schools in Ebonyi State is to a high extent.  Based on the findings the study recommended that: the principals should ensure that corporal punishments are administered with caution and not every staff should administer corporal punishment and school management should ensure that students are not exploited nor detained after school hours as a form of punishment or any other guise.
Keywords: Human Rights, Management, Secondary Schools, Implementation, Principals.

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PUBLISHED

2023-01-11

HOW TO CITE

Ogbu Juliana Ibueavunam, Oko Ndubuisi Ogbonnia and Egwu Sarah Oben (2023).The Extent of Human Rights Implementation in the Management of Secondary Schools in Ebonyi State, Nigeria. IAA Journal of Arts and Humanities, 10(1):51-61