STAKEHOLDERS PARTICIPATION IN THE FUNDING PRACTICES OF PUBLIC SECONDARY SCHOOLS, ENUGU STATE, NIGERIA.

The study is anchored on stakeholder’s participation in the funding practices of public secondary schools in Enugu state. Three research questions and three null hypotheses guided the study. Descriptive survey research design was adopted for the study. The population for the study was 297 secondary school principals’ in Enugu state. A self-structured questionnaire developed by the researchers, titled “stakeholder’s participation in funding practices questionnaire” (SPFPQ) was used for data collection. This instrument was validated by three experts, two from the Department of Educational Management and one from Mathematics and Computer Education Department (Measurement and Evaluation option). Reliability coefficient of .74 was established using Cronbach Alpha reliability estimate. Mean with standard deviation was used to answer the research questions. t test statistic was used in analyzing the hypotheses at .05 level of significance. The findings of the study among others revealed that stakeholder’s participation in funding practices of secondary education in Enugu State is inadequate. The researchers recommended among others that stakeholder’s in education should be encouraged for active participation in the funding practices of public secondary schools in Enugu State to enhance the output