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SCHOOL MANAGEMENT INDICATORS FOR QUALITY ASSURANCE AND INNOVATIVE LEARNING SKILLS AMONG SECONDARY SCHOOL STUDENTS IN AKWA IBOM STATE, NIGERIA/

ABSTRACT The study determined the relationship between school management indicators for quality assurance and innovative learning skills among secondary school students in Akwa Ibom State, Nigeria. Three specific objectives, three research questions and three null hypotheses were formulated for the research direction. It adopted a corelational research design. The stratified sampling technique was used to select 6 schools from the three education zones of the State. The instrument developed by the researcher, titled “School Management Indicators for Quality Assurance Questionnaire (SMIQAQ) and Students’ Innovative Learning Skills Scale (SILSS), with reliability indices ranging from 0.78 and 0.89 on Cronbach’s Alpha was used for data collection. The study population was 58, 673 JSS3 students. The Taro Yamen’s formula was employed to determine the sample of 397 respondents, randomly selected from the population. Out of the 397 respondents sampled, 393 were suitable for data analyses. The data collected were subjected to Linear Regression statistics, which the r-value was used in answering the research questions and f-value was used to test the null hypotheses at .05 level of significance. The results indicated very high negative significant relationships between predictors (quality planning, collaboration and professional development) and innovative learning skills (criterion) among secondary school students in the study area. The study concluded that proper manipulation of school management indicators for quality assurance could ensure the innovative learning skills of students towards the attainment of the expected educational targets. It was recommended that government and school management should implement quality planning, collaborations and professional development practices to help teachers cultivate innovative learning skills on students for total educational improvement in the study area. . Key Words: Quality planning, Collaboration, Professional development and Innovative learning skills
Usen Godwin IKPE, PhD
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