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Analysis of Constraints and Strategies in Funding Educational Sector for Academic Performance in Secondary Schools in Rivers State

The study is on analysis of constraints and strategies in funding educational sector for academic performance in secondary schools in Rivers State. Two research questions and two hypotheses guided the study. Descriptive designwas used for the study. The population for the study consisted of all the 268 Public Senior Secondary Schools in the 23 local government areas of Rivers State, while 268 principals of these schools served as respondents. Sample for the study was 100% of the population. Due to small size of the population, all 268 principals were drawn using purposive sampling technique. The instrument for data collection was questionnaire titled: “Analysis of Constraints and Strategies in Funding EducationQuestionnaire” (ACSFEQ). Three (3) copies of the instrument were given to three experts to assess the validity of the instrument. The test re-test method was used to determine the reliability coefficient of 0.81. The instrument was administered directly to the respondents by the researcher. The research questions were answered using mean ( X ), mean set ( X X ), standard deviation (Sd) and rank order statistics for all the research questions, while the null hypotheses were tested at 0.05 level of significance using z-test statistics. The findings among others are that; correct population and demographic records are constraints to effective funding of educational sector, while school-community relations, and cost sharing of education between stakeholders are strategies for effective funding of educational sector. It was recommended that school administrators should supervise the use of financial resources to reduce misappropriation.