PARENT TEACHERS ASSOCIATIONS’ INVOLVEMENT IN THE PRIMARY SCHOOL ADMINISTRATION IN KABO LOCAL GOVERNMENT OF KANO STATE
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2024-04-17
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DEPARTMENT OF EARLY CHILDHOOD AND PRIMARY EDUCATION, KWASU
Abstract
The study examined the involvement of Parent Teachers Associations (PTAs) in primary school administration in Kabo Local Government of Kano State. A descriptive survey design was used, with a sample size of 132 Head teachers using purposive sampling. The questionnaire for PTAs' involvement in primary school administration (QPTAIPSA) was used and validated by the two lectures in the department of early childhood and
primary education, faculty of Education, kwara state university. The (QPTAIPSA) was subjected to trial testing to ensure reliability and a reliability index of 0.76 was obtained. The data ware analyzed using descriptive mean and inferential statistics (ttest), with a mean score of 2.50 as the base line. The study revealed that the school administration values the input and feedback provided by the PTA as well as involving the PTA in the development of long-term strategic plans for the school and also, revealed that the level of Parent Teachers Associations (PTAs)’s Involvement in the Primary School Administration was low. However, the study revealed that there was no significant difference in the Parent Teachers Associations’ involvement in the primary school administration in Kabo Local Government of Kano State based on school type (t = .457; df = 130; p > 0.05). Expunge, on clusively the study revealed that the level of Parent Teachers Association’s Involvement in the Primary School Administration was low. Therefore it was recommended that the Parent Teachers Associations’ involvement should be improved upon by sensitizing parents on the importance of PTA and benefits they would drive from it by the primary school administrators. school administration should add more efforts in valuing the input and feedback provided by the PTA as well as involving them in the development of long term strategic plans for the school.