VARIABLES INFLUENCING THE MANAGEMENT OF PRIVATE OF PRIVATE SECONDARY SCHOOLS AS PERCEIVED BY PROPRIETORS AND TEACHERS IN PORT HARCOURT LGA RIVERS STATE
CHAPTER ONE
INTRODUCTION
BACKGROUND OF THE STUDY
The possibility of Nigeria to realize her vision of becoming one of the largest economies in the world by the year 2020 is largely dependent on the capacity to
transform her population into adequately literate and competent citizens capable of competing globally with her contemporaries. The education sector is
consequently crucial to the realization of the present national and global policy objectives. Nigeria aims to use education as a tool for enshrining development of all Nigeria’s citizens to their full potentials in the promotion of a vibrant, democratic, egalitarian, prosperous, indivisible nation. The broad objectives of secondary schools are to effectively prepare the individuals for useful living with the society and themselves and for higher education (NPE, 2004). Public secondary schools in Nigeria alone cannot meet the educational yearnings of the ever increasing population of the country. This is because most public secondary schools in Nigeria are characterized by inadequacy of infrastructure and personnel, declining standard and poor administration. To achieve the aims of secondary school education as highlighted in National Policy on Education (2004
