SCHOOL-BASED MANAGEMENT COMMITTEE AND SCHOOL FACILITIES MOBILISATION AS CHANNELS TO JUNIOR SECONDARY SCHOOL STUDENTS’ ACADEMIC PERFORMANCE IN NIGERIA

Eyarefe, I.Deborah, & Oresajo, N. Olasunkanmi

National Institute for Educational Planning and Administration (NIEPA-Nigeria),Km 3, Laje Road, P.M.B. 562 Ondo, Ondo state.

Email: debbieyarefe@gmail.com, Oresajo_nojeem@yahoo.com

ABSTRACT

This article examined School-Based Management Committee (SBMC) involvement in school facilities mobilization with the view of enhancing Junior Secondary School (JSS) students’ academic performance in Nigeria. The Junior Secondary School (JSS) is the third stage or level of the basic education as far as Nigeria education system is concerned. This stage is a level in the basic education at which learners are expected to spend three good academic sessions and at the end (that is at the completion of the sessions) external examinations are conducted by the various state ministries of education across the country at the appropriate time. This depends on the academic session time-table of the various state ministries of education in the country. Thus, National Examinations Council (NECO) usually conducts similar examinations for the Junior Secondary Schools in the country. This is mostly done by Federal Unity Colleges and some private schools do also registered with NECO for this examinations.  SBMC is not peculiar to Nigeria alone. It is an in-thing presently in the global education system. This is a policy which empowers the community members where schools are located to be involved in the administration of the school instead of leaving such to government and the school administrators to man spontaneously. It is a system of administration whereby some decision-making of the school are shared among the stakeholders in education industry. However, schools facilities refer to all basic required resources that will promote teaching-learning and also brings about friendly school environment to the learners and their teachers. A good, friendly school environment promotes better academic performance because the learners and their teachers will always be willing to be in the school environment. This study defined SBM/SBMC, described JSS and its objectives, in addition it also described academic performance and identified the channel of SBMC in school facilities mobilization. Conclusion and recommendations were given.

Keywords: Academic performance, SBMC, Junior Secondary School, and School Facilities Mobilization.