Public Secondary School Administration in Nigeria

Abstract

This paper discussed the barrier to effective secondary school administration in Nigeria. The paper used secondary data. The secondary data were collected from online publications and print materials. The paper concluded that inadequate funds, inadequate professional teachers, inadequate of infrastructure facilities, shortage of instructional materials and insecurity problem are the barriers to effective secondary school administration in Nigeria. The paper hereby recommended that the governments should increase the funding of public secondary schools, employ more professional teachers, provide adequate infrastructure facilities, instructional materials and ensure adequate security in public secondary schools across the country.