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Article Title: Contributions of Parents-Teachers' Association to Secondary School Management in Nigeria: Principals' Perceptions
by Eziuzo, Gloria O. and Enueme, Chika Peace

Abstract:
The purpose of this study was to determine the contributions of the Parents Teachers Association to the management of secondary schools in Anambra State as perceived by the principals. The study, which covered all the 261 principals in government-owned secondary schools in Anambra state, was based on two research questions and two null hypotheses. The survey design was adopted and a researcher-developed questionnaire was used to collect data. There was no sample rather, the entire 112 male and 149 female principals in the population, participated in the study. The researchers used 25-item questionnaire titled�Parents Teachers Association�s Contributions to the Management of Secondary Schools Questionnaire (PTACMSSQ) to collect data from the principals with the help of three research assistants. Mean scores were used in answering the research questions while the z-test was used in testing all the null hypotheses. The findings of the study revealed that the in the perceptions of male and female principals, PTA contributed to school plant to a little extent, but made great extents of contributions to raising the moral tone of the school. This finding would be of immense benefit to the government, parents and guardians, educational administrators, teachers, students and the society to evolve strategies for improving the contributions of the PTA in secondary education. Based on the findings, it was recommended among other things that the PTA and school principals should make concerted efforts to improve and sustain the contributions of the PTA in raising school's moral tones.

Keywords: partnership, parents, teachers, school facilities, moral tone, educational management.

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