SCHOOL-COMMUNITY RELATIONSHIP’S IMPACT ON CURRICULUM DELIVERY IN SENIOR SECONDARY SCHOOLS, KADUNA STATE, NIGERIA

Yakubu Iliya, Alasoluyi Oluwaseyi Emmanuel

Abstract


This study investigated the impact of school-community relationship on effective curriculum delivery in senior secondary schools in Kaduna State. The study was carried out to specifically determine the impact of school-community relationship on educational outcomes of students in senior secondary schools in Kaduna State. A descriptive survey research was used for the study. The population of this study comprised of 357 principals and 7,997 teachers in senior secondary schools in Kaduna State. A sample size of 436 was sampled from the entire population using stratified sampling technique which consisted of 36 principal representing 10% of the population and 400 teachers representing 5% of the teachers’ population. A 20 items structured questionnaire was developed using a 4-point scale (strongly agree, agree, strongly disagree, and disagree). Two experts in the rank of senior lecturer in the Department of Educational Foundations and Curriculum from Ahmadu Bello University, Zaria validated the instrument. The test-re-test method was used to ascertain the reliability of the questionnaire items which revealed a reliability coefficient of 0.81. The data collected was organized and analyzed, with the aid of SPSS package. The mean scores and standard deviations were used in answering the research questions. In testing the hypotheses, t-test was used at 0.5 alpha level of significance. Findings from the study revealed that school-community relationship contributed to effective curriculum delivery in senior secondary schools in Kaduna State; and that when schools, parents, families, and communities work together to support learning, students tend to earn higher grades, attend school more regularly and stay in school longer. In view of the findings from this research, recommendations was made among others that the school should help the community understand why their involvement in curriculum delivery is so important to their children’s school success. When improved, school-community relationship would become a strategy for the enhancement of academic quality and continuous improvement in the learning opportunities and experiences offered by schools.


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