Influence of Curriculum Support Officers on the Use of Record Keeping and Discipline Among Senior Secondary School Teachers in Bauchi State, Nigeria

Abstract

This study was tagged “the influence of curriculum support officers (CSO) on record keeping and discipline among public Senior Secondary School teachers in Bauchi State”. The objectives were to assess the influence of CSOs on record keeping and discipline among public Senior Secondary Schools in Bauchi State. the descriptive survey was used. The population was 8,667with 365 sample. The multistage sampling technique was used. Twenty-four structured-item questionnaire was used. The reliability of the instrument was ascertained through a pilot study using a test re-test method at an interval of two weeks. The 2 results were correlated using Pearson Product Moment Correlation Coefficient (PPMC) r, and 0.87 was obtained which implied that the instrument was reliable. Mean was used for the data analysis. The study revealed that CSO enhanced effective record keeping, effective record keeping promoted smooth school running, there were inadequate facilities for storing school records and they promoted positive ethical issues, and parents reacted negatively when their children were punished for undesirable behaviour in the school. It was recommended that principals should employ the services of CSOs to enhance positive record keeping among the school personnel. Also, communities should be part of disciplinary committees to promote positive ethical issues among the school personnel.