Human Resource Management Research
p-ISSN: 2169-9607 e-ISSN: 2169-9666
2015; 5(4): 95-102
doi:10.5923/j.hrmr.20150504.02
Rose Ngozi Amanchukwu , Nwachukwu Prince Ololube
Dept of Educational Foundations & Management, Faculty of Education, Ignatius Ajuru University of Education, Port Harcourt, Nigeria
Correspondence to: Nwachukwu Prince Ololube , Dept of Educational Foundations & Management, Faculty of Education, Ignatius Ajuru University of Education, Port Harcourt, Nigeria.
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The paper defined public secondary schools as schools which are catered for by the Rivers State government, by providing all the necessary infrastructures for effective teaching and learning. Service delivery is the ability of making use of available educational services to achieve educational goals and set objectives. School plant refers to everything within the school premises which includes the site, buildings, equipment and all essential structures, permanent and non-permanent as well as machines and laboratory equipment and others. Management of school plant requires good leadership, effective monitoring, maintenance culture; corrective, preventive and predictive maintenance etc. Issues of maintenance of school plant was raised: overcrowding; non-delegation of tasks by the principals of schools; vandalization of school property etc. Ways of maintaining school plant for effective functionality are listed and discussed, they include parent teachers association (PTA); community stake holders; staff and students; periodic inspection and principals should not give out any part of school plant for commercial purpose. Conclusively, since public schools harbour a large population of the Nigerian children, effort should be made to effectively manage school plant for effective teaching and learning. Some recommendations were proffered, which include updating of school plant whenever the population increases. Education managers should not rest on their oars and quality control should be advocated etc.
Keywords: Managing, School plant, Service delivery, Public secondary schools
Cite this paper: Rose Ngozi Amanchukwu , Nwachukwu Prince Ololube , Managing School Plant for Effective Service Delivery in Public Secondary Schools in Rivers State of Nigeria, Human Resource Management Research, Vol. 5 No. 4, 2015, pp. 95-102. doi: 10.5923/j.hrmr.20150504.02.