CONTRIBUTIONS OF PARENTS TEACHERS ASSOCIATION MEMBERS IN THE MANAGEMENT AND OPERATION OF SCHOOL FARM

Abstract

This study investigated on the contributions of the parents’ teachers association members in school farm operation. The population of the study was 266 principals in selected schools survey research design were adopted. The sample for the study was 183, this comprised 144 teachers and 39 principals randomly selected from the thirteen local government areas in Ebonyi state. Three research questions in line with the specifics purposes of the study and two null hypotheses guided the study. The instrument for data collection was questionnaire. The instrument was validated by 3 experts and the reliability of the instrument was determined by using cronbach acpha which yielded 0.89 reliability coefficient. The data collected were analyzed using mean with standard deviation for the research questions while t-test was used to test the hypotheses. Based on the analysis of the data, it was found that the parents’ teachers association members need to contribute to large extent in the management and operation of the school farm. It was recommended among others that the parent’s teachers association members should put more effort in supporting the school farm operations for effective use of the school farm and for transfer of skills to students farm.