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Journal of Emerging Trends in Educational Research and Policy Studies (JETERAPS) (Vol 1 No 1)
| Abstract: In this study, the relationship between human resource utilization and internal efficiency of some secondary schools in Ibadan North Local Government Area of Oyo State, Nigeria was examined. Given that education is an investment, findings from this research will provide basis for assessing private and public investment on secondary education in Oyo State, Nigeria, and also provide necessary information to educational administrators and planners on how to reduce wastage in order to increase the internal efficiency of secondary schools. The study was carried out using a descriptive survey design, while purposive sampling technique was adopted for selecting eight (8) out of 22 public secondary schools in the local government area of the state. Data were analysed using simple percentages and Pearson Product Moment Correlation. Results showed that a significant positive relationship existed between student-teacher ratio (STR) and wastage ratio (r =.7959; p<0.05); however, there was no significant relationship between teacher quality (in terms of qualification), teachers' workload and wastage ratio (r = -0.121; p>0.05 and r = -0.127; p>0.05, respectively). Using the input-output analysis of the sampled schools, it was established that there was a highly positive relationship between resource utilization and internal efficiency of the school system (r = 0.8367; p<0.05). The performance of students in public examination revealed that there were lots of wastages (students' failure) in the system, making the system inefficient. Government is therefore enjoined to bridge the gap between the required and available teachers in order to avoid the over-utilisation of the available ones. Also, the professional competence of the teaching force needs to be enhanced through seminars, workshops and in-service trainings in order to minimize wastage in the secondary schools and improve on the level of internal efficiency of the school system |
| Keywords: internal efficiency, human resource utilization, secondary school system, student teacher ratio |
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