Abstract

INFLUENCE OF SCHOOL MANAGEMENTS? AND TEACHERS? RESPONSE ON EARLY WARNING SIGNS TO CREATION OF SAFE SCHOOL ENVIRONMENT FOR SECONDARY SCHOOLS IN BENUE STATE: IMPLICATIONS FOR MATHEMATICS EDUCATORS

Akaazua, Jacob. Tertsea, Ph.D

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This paper investigated the influence of school managements? and teachers? response on early warning signs to creation of safe school environment for secondary schools in Benue State. The population of the study consisted of all Senior Secondary School two students in Benue State. The total sample of this study was 400 students drawn using Taro Yamane formula for determining sample size. The instrument used for data collection was a structured questionnaire which contains 30 items. A survey research design was used for the study. Two research questions were asked and two hypotheses were formulated to guide the study. The research questions were answered using mean and standard deviation while the hypotheses were tested at 0.05 level of significance using chi-square statistical tool. The findings of this study indicated that school management?s and teachers? response has a positive influence on early warning signs in secondary schools in Benue State. One of the recommendations made was that, the school should be a role model for students? to follow and emulate. Keywords: School Managements? Response, Teachers? Response, Early Warning Signs.

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