School Based Management Committee Roles and Facilities Maintenance as Correlates of Teachers’ Effectiveness

Abstract

This study investigated School Based Management Committee (SBMC) roles and facilities maintenance as correlates of teachers’ effectiveness in public primary schools in Ondo State, Nigeria. The study employed the descriptive research design of the survey type and ex-post facto research design. The data used were collected through questionnaire instrument titled: School Based Management Committee Roles and Facilities Maintenance Questionnaire (SBMCRFMQ) and a pro forma to obtain the academic performance of pupils in their common entrance examination for 2017/2018 and 2018/2019 academic sessions. The research questions were answered using descriptive statistics. Pearson Product Moment Correlation was used to test the hypotheses at 0.05 level of significance. The result revealed that there was a significant relationship between SBMC roles and pupils’ academic performance. It was recommended that Parents and immediate community should be encouraged to be more involved in the schools’ day to day administration and school facilities maintenance as this would help enhance the academic performance of their wards.