DOI: 10.36344/ccijhss.2022.v08i03.001

Pages: 27-31

This paper examined public-private sector partnership and administration of secondary schools in rivers state, Nigeria. A correlational research design was adopted for the study. The population for this study consisted of all the academic staff in 289 public senior secondary and some elite residents working in some private sectors in Rivers State. Specifically, 289 principals, 7,142 teachers, and 2,000 elite residents, totaling 9,431. These critical public-private sector stakeholders in school served as the population for the study. The sample size of 400 respondents were drawn for the study using Taro Yemane formula. A stratified sampling technique was adopted to select the sample size in the 3 Senatorial District in Rivers State. The research instruments for this study were questionnaire titled: Public-Private Sector Partnership Scale (PPSPS) and Administration of Secondary Schools Scale (ASSS). The instruments items were designed and validated by the researcher. Cronbach Alpha reliability statistics was used to calculate the reliability coefficients of the two instruments. The reliability coefficients of Public-Private Sector Partnership Scale and Administration of Secondary Schools Scale are 0.87 and 0.84 respectively. The findings revealed that there is a significant relationship between public-private sector partnership in the provision of library facilities, laboratory equipment, financial assistance and administration of secondary schools in Rivers State, Nigeria. Based on the findings, it was recommended among others that government should create an enabling environment for the smooth running of businesses for private sectors to produce optimally so as to facilitate the provision of library facilities to schools.