Administration of Public Secondary Schools in Nigeria: Problems and Suggestions

Ogunode Niyi Jacob

Ogunode Niyi Jacob Federal University Wukari, Nigeria

Keywords: Administration, Secondary School, Challenges, Teachers

Abstract

Administration of secondary school education in Nigeria is faced with many challenges. This article discussed the challenges facing administration of secondary school education in Nigeria. Secondary data was used to support the points raised in the article. The secondary data were sourced from print material and online publication by recognized institutions and individual author. The article identified; inadequate funding, inadequate professionals teachers, inadequate infrastructural facilities, inadequate instructional materials, institutional corruption, insecurity problems and inadequate data to planning as the challenges facing administration of secondary school education in Nigeria. To solve this problems, the paper recommends that the government should increase the funding of secondary school education, provide adequate infrastructural facilities, employ more professional teachers, provide adequate instructional materials, fight institutional corruption, generate adequate data for administration of secondary schools, and provide adequate security in all secondary schools in Nigeria.

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