Human Resources Management Strategies and Quality Education Assurance in Bayelsa State Public Secondary Schools

Abstract

The study investigated human resources management strategies and quality education assurance in Bayelsa State public secondary schools. Correlational survey design was adopted for the study. A sample of 100 administrative staff from Bayelsa State post primary schools board were drawn from the population of administrative staff in the state post primary school board, using a simple random sampling technique. A 15 titled: human resources management strategies for quality education assurance in Bayelsa State public secondary schools questionnaire (HRMSQEAPSSQ) was designed on a 4 point scale by the researchers and was used to collect data. The reliability of the instrument was determined using Pearson Product Moment Correlation Coefficient. This yielded a reliability coefficient of 0.81 for the instrument. Data collected were analyzed using mean. Findings for the study reveals that human resources management strategies influence quality education. Based on the findings, it was recommended that the state government through the post primary school board should ensure that only applicants with educational degrees should be employed to teach in the state public secondary schools. Also, teachers should avail themselves with short certificate courses as a mean of developing themselves on the teaching profession. Finally, the government should pay keen attention to the welfare of teachers.