INITIATIVES REQUIRED FROM ADMINISTRATORS ON EFFECTIVE MANAGEMENT OF FACILITIES IN TECHNICAL COLLEGES IN NORTH-EAST NIGERIA

Abstract

The study investigated the initiatives required from administrators on the effective management of facilities in technical colleges in North-East Nigeria. It answered one research question and tested one hypothesis. Descriptive survey research design was adopted where data were collected from 390 valid copies of a structured questionnaire, consisting of 75 administrators, 135 technical teachers and 180 students. The Statistical Package for Social Sciences (SPSS) version 17 was used for data analysis to determine the mean and standard deviation for answering the research questions and for determining the analysis of variance for testing the hypothesis at 0.05 level of significance. The study found that the initiatives required from administrators on the management of facilities in technical colleges in North-East Nigeria were moderately effective. The study also found that there was a significant difference in the mean scores of administrators, teachers and students on the initiatives required from administrators on the effective management of workshop facilities. The result of a Scheffe post hoc test revealed that students were responsible for creating the significant difference in the mean scores of the respondents. The findings of the study implied that technical college administrators needed to do more in the area of facilities management. This entailed that the facilities if not effectively managed, would be exposed to waste, theft and vandalization, which would in the end, affect students’ practical work. The study recommended that administrators of the technical colleges needed to improve on their initiatives for effective facilities management, among which are setting up a facilities procurement committee, taking inventory of all facilities, putting in place a preventive maintenance method, and supervision of facilities maintenance programme