Effective Resource Mobilization: School Administrators Strategy for the Sustainability of Secondary Education in Calabar Education Zone, Cross River State, Nigeria

Abstract

The study investigated effective resource mobilization as school administrators’ strategy for sustainability of secondary education in Calabar Education Zone, Cross River State, Nigeria. Correlational research design was adopted for study. The population of the study comprised all principals in the 46 public secondary schools in Calabar education zone. Purposive sampling technique was used in selecting all the 46 principals as sample of the study. Data for the study was collected using an instrument titled “Effective resource mobilization and sustainability secondary education questionnaire (ERMSSEQ). The instrument was validated by two experts in test and measurement University of Calabar while the Cornbach alpha statistics was used for reliability testing. A reliability coefficient of 0.87 yielded which was considered appropriate for the study. Descriptive statistics and multiple regression analysis were used to analyze the data collected. Results revealed three key resources needed by educational institutions. Results also revealed that financial resources, human resources and material resources are significant predictors of sustainable secondary education. Based on the findings of the study, it was recommended among others that school administrators should explore other ways of mobilizing funds for their school instead of depending on allocation and imprest from government.