CONTEMPORARY ISSUES OF HUMAN RESOURCE MANAGEMENT FOR GROWTH AND DEVELOPMENT OF SECONDARY EDUCATION IN NIGERIA

Ikati Lawrence

Department: Vocational/Technology Education,

Faculty of Education, Niger Delta University, Wilberforce Island, Amassoma, Bayelsa State, Nigeria

E-Mail: Juwar1970@Gmail.Com

ABSTRACT

Resource scarcity is a problem experienced by virtually all human organizations. The Nigeria education sector has endured consistently declining levels of federal government funding over the last two decades. This comes in the face of ever increasing inflation rates and a growing demand for formal education. Unfortunately, this zeal for providing education as a social service in Nigeria has not been matched with a zeal for funding it. The under-funding of Nigeria education has been made worse by recent global economic crises for educational programmes to be implemented. The resources needed to accomplish this feat are, to say the least lacking. This study assesses the management of physical and human resources in Nigeria post-primary institutions. It purpose was to highlight the problem of physical and human resources inadequacy in the education sector in Nigeria and the importance of achieving managerial effectiveness through the use of prudential measures to facilitate the achievement of education objectives, particularly at the secondary school level. Availability of funds in the management and maintenance of school resources is indispensable but the management and utilization of the funds is very crucial. There must also be a commitment of the school administrator and other school personnel to maintain the resources at their disposal. This will be effective if all concerned imbibe the maintenance culture. This paper recommends the exploration of prudent measures for managing existing educational resources