Human Contrived Disasters in Public Secondary Schools: A Case Study of Public Secondary Schools Principals in Nigeria

Abstract

This study investigated human contrived disasters: A case study of public secondary schools principals in Nigeria.  Two schools were used to represent other schools in Nigeria. One research question and one hypothesis guided this study. Descriptive research survey design was used for this study. One research question and one hypothesis guided this study. The population of this study is 5000 which comprised 2,500 male students from government college Owerri and 2,500 female students from development secondary school Owerri.  The sample size of this study is 130 obtained by collecting samples of 65 males and 65 female students from the two schools using stratified random sampling technique. Researcher developed questionnaire “titled human contrived disasters: A case study of public secondary schools principals in Nigeria” was used. The instrument was validated by two experts from Madonna University Anambra state. Reliability coefficient of this study was ascertained using Cronbach alpha and coefficient of reliability indices were 0.87 and 0.97. Mean and standard deviation were used to analyze the data, independent t- test was used to test the hypothesis at 0.05 alpha level. It was suggested that this study should involve private secondary schools in Nigeria. This would enable private secondary schools get ready to provide solutions to disasters cases in Private secondary schools in Nigeria.