Application of education law in the administration of public junior secondary schools in rivers state

Abstract

The study was on application of education law in the administration of public junior secondary schools in Rivers State. Some literatures that are relevant to the study were reviewed. Three research questions were raised to guide the conduct of the study, and three null hypotheses were postulated statistically tested at 0.05 level of significance. In a rank order, the mean and standard deviation were used in analyzing the three research questions and the z-test statistic was used to analyse or test the hypotheses of the study. The instrument for data collection was a questionnaire that was structured on 4 point scaling Patern of Likert. The instrument was validated by some experts in educational management. The result of the study show that the principals knows the principles of in-low parentis, rules and regulations are used to regulate the behaviour of both teachers and students. A significant difference existed between the urban and rural schools in their mean rating of the knowledge of education law, there was no significant difference between the urban and rural schools in their mean rating of the ways principals utilize education law in the administration of secondary schools, a significant difference existed between urban and rural schools on the constraints to the application of education law in the administration of junior secondary schools. It was concluded that the principals knows the principles of in-low parentis, rules and regulations are used to regulate behaviour in school.