Strategies for improving the handling of Confidential Records and Information in Abia State College of Education (Technical), Arochukwu

This paper set out to determine how confidential records are leaked in Abia State College of Education (Technical) Arochukwu and provided improvement strategies. The paper adopted descriptive survey research design. The instrument for the study is a 25-item questionnaire. The questionnaire was validated by three experts and its reliability was found to be 0.83. Copies of the validated questionnaire were administered to 32 admin staff of the College. The data collected from the questionnaire was analysed. The result of the analysis revealed the strategies to be adopted to improve the handling of confidential records in Abia State College of Education (Technical) Arochukwu. Based on the findings of the study, the paper recommended among others that confidential records should not be release to friends without authorization from higher authority, confidential records should always be under lock and key, no officer should be allowed to post confidential record in any College social media platform, more harsh punishment should be mated to staff found guilty of unauthorized release of confidential record(s), there should be periodic capacity building training on confidential record keeping techniques and physical locations where confidential records are store most be highly secured.