COMPETENCIES REQUIRED FOR EFFECTIVE MANAGEMENT OF PRIVATE SECONDARY SCHOOLS BY RETIRED BUSINESS EDUCATORS FOR SUSTAINABLE JOB CREATION IN IMO STATE

The central purpose of the study was to determine the competencies required for effective management of private secondary schools by retired Business Educators for sustainable job creation in Imo State. The study was carried out in Imo State, Nigeria using a descriptive survey research design. Two research questions and two null hypotheses guided the study. The population for the study comprised 410 private school Business Education teachers, in the 27 Local Government Areas of Imo State. The instrument used for data collection was a 61-item structured questionnaire developed by the researcher. The instrument was structured using a four-point rating scale. The instrument was validated by the three experts, two of them from Business and Entrepreneurship Education Department and one in Measurement and Evaluation option from Department of Mathematics and Computer Education both in Faculty of Education, Enugu State University of Science and Technology, Enugu. Cronbach Alpha was used to determine the reliability coefficient which yielded 0.78. Out of 410 copies of the questionnaire distributed 396 copies were properly filled and used for data analysis representing 96.59% return rate. Mean and standard deviation were used to answer the research questions and t-test was used to test the 12 null hypotheses at 0.05 level of significance at 394 degree of freedom. The study revealed that all the items under the planning competencies, organisation competencies and administration knowledge were highly required by Business Educator Retirees for effective management of private Secondary Schools for sustainable job creation in Imo State. Based on the findings, some implications were deduced and it was recommended among others that the Business Educators retirees going into private school business should acquire the identified competencies for effective management. Also, the government and concerned bodies in management of retirement should empower the teachers through retirement training on the competencies for managing private school businesses