Abstract
This paper examined principals’ knowledge of education law in secondary school administration in Delta and Bayelsa States. Ex-post facto research design was used to generate data from a population consisting 617 principals of public secondary schools in Bayelsa and Delta States. The random sampling technique was utilized to sample 124 participants, wherein Bayelsa has 49 selected figures from the three (3) Senatorial Districts of the state while in Delta State, sampled figure consists of 75 across the three (3) Senatorial Districts respectively. The instrument was constructed to generate data from respondents and was analyzed using the Pearson ‘r’ statistics. Findings indicate that principals in secondary schools in Bayelsa and Delta States have not obtained sufficient legal knowledge of education law in secondary school administration. Therefore, it was recommended that, school principals should be trained in education law because all aspects of school administration involve the application of legal guidelines. Keywords: principals, education, law, administration DOI : 10.7176/JLPG/89-04 Publication date :September 30 th 2019
Highlights
The school as a hazardous place has many legal issues involving legal implications that should not be ignored by the school administrator such as student and staff discipline, infringement of students’ rights, search and seizure of students’ items, writing of reports on students and personnel/teaching conditions, physical safety of students, school attendance, maintaining order and students right following the rule of law
There is no significant relationship between knowledge of education law and administration of secondary school by principals in Bayelsa and Delta States
There is no significant relationship between knowledge of education law and administration of secondary schools by principals in Bayelsa and Delta States
Summary
The school as a hazardous place has many legal issues involving legal implications that should not be ignored by the school administrator such as student and staff discipline, infringement of students’ rights, search and seizure of students’ items, writing of reports on students and personnel/teaching conditions, physical safety of students, school attendance, maintaining order and students right following the rule of law. Law according to Blackstone’s definition is a rule of civil conduct, commanding what is right and prohibiting what is wrong. These undoubtedly should be reasons why teachers’ training programmes in most developing countries like Nigeria should offer their students training courses on legal aspects of school operations. Such courses are intended to equip the students with some basic knowledge of the law which enable them to be conscious of the legal implications of their actions or inactions and decisions. Legal knowledge of education enables school principals to encourage respect for the rule of law and fundamental principles of justice built into international human right treaties
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