Abstract
This study examined how crises can be managed in public secondary schools in Bonny Local Government Area of Rivers State, Nigeria. Two research questions guided the study which adopted descriptive survey design. The sample was 150 staff made up of 134 teachers and 16 principals, census sampling technique was used. A researcher-structured instrument titled “Crises Management for Goal Attainment Questionnaire’’ (CMGAQ), was used to collect data. Three experts in the area of measurement and evaluation validated the instrument. The reliability was established using Pearson Product Moment Correlation which yielded a reliability index of 0.89. The research questions were answered using mean and standard deviation. Findings showed effective planning, free flow of communication and joint problem-solving as being important in crises management. Recommendations include the need for principals to plan ahead how to avert crises, use good communication skills in managing crises including ensuring the existence of good relationship between the school and the host community.
Highlights
All human activities are prone to crises of diverse nature and secondary schools being one of the important educational institutions made up of mostly youths are more vulnerable. Sessa (2006) described crisis as a rational and inevitable part of people working together
2.41 0.76 Disagreed crises can help in crises management
The results indicate the respondents agree that items 1 to 4 can enhance principals’ communication strategy in crises management as is shown by their mean values which are above the criterion mean of 2.50
Summary
All human activities are prone to crises of diverse nature and secondary schools being one of the important educational institutions made up of mostly youths are more vulnerable. Sessa (2006) described crisis as a rational and inevitable part of people working together. All human activities are prone to crises of diverse nature and secondary schools being one of the important educational institutions made up of mostly youths are more vulnerable. The host community and neighbouring school communities may be affected by the school community crises. These crises affect negatively the smooth running of school programmes impinging on the attainment of stated goals. This gives credence to the importance of planning for crises management in secondary schools in order to enhance goal attainment
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