GASPRO International Journal of Eminent Scholars

ABSTRACT
This study sought to assess effective supervision of school security as a function of school variables and administration in Imo State. Ex-post facto research design was adopted for the study. The study was conducted in Imo State of Nigeria. The population of the study comprised principals, vice principal and school administrators in public secondary schools in Imo State. Simple random sampling technique was used to select 70 principals, 70 vice principal and 70 school administrators, giving a total of 210 respondents constituting the sample size for the study. The Main Instrument used in this study was a Questionnaire titled “Effective Supervision of School Security, School Variables and Administration Questionnaire (ESSSSVAQ)”. Face validation of the instrument was carried out to ensure that the instrument has the accuracy, appropriateness, completeness and the language of the study under consideration. Cronbach Alpha technique was used to determine the level of reliability of the instrument. The reliability coefficient obtained was 0.84 and this was high enough to justify the use of the instrument. The researcher subjected the data generated for this study to appropriate statistical techniques such as descriptive statistics and simple regression. The test for significance was done at 0.05 alpha levels. The study concluded that a lot of security challenges are facing many schools in Imo State. Populated schools, urban and rural schools, and single-gendered schools have more security challenges than their counterparts; which has made school population, type, and school location to all have a significant influence in the supervision of security in both public and private schools in Imo State. The study therefore recommended amongst others that efforts should be made by the government and other parties to provide adequate fencing facilities and other security control/defense materials to every secondary school, so as to avoid the invasion of hoodlums and other entities that might be malicious to the school environment.
KEYWORDS: Effective supervision, school size, school location, school population, school security, school administration