APPRAISAL OF MANAGEMENT PRACTICES OF NATIONAL EXAMINATIONS COUNCILIN NIGERIA

Abstract

The purpose of the study was to appraise the management practices of National
Examinations Council (NECO) on personnel, infrastructural and financial management of
Council fund. Three research questions and three null hypotheses guided the study. The
population were 154NECO Senior administrative staff and 44Heads of Departmentmaking
a total of 198 respondents. There was no sampling carried out because the population
was small so the entire population was used. The design of the study was a descriptive
survey. The research instrument was a questionnaire titled “Appraisal of Management
practices questionnaire (AMPQ) and was validated by experts. The instrument was
assessed for reliability using internal consistency of Cronback Alpha method. The
reliability coefficient obtained yielded 0.92. The data obtained were organized and
analyzed using the mean and standard deviation to answer research questions and t-test
to test the null hypotheses. Some of the major finding revealed that NECO management
adhered to the regulation system (manual) in the personnel, infrastructural, and financial
management of the Council. The hypotheses tested indicated no significant difference in
the mean rating of both NECO senior administrative staff and heads of Department on the
extent to which NECO management adhered to the regulation system (manual) on
personnel, infrastructural and financial management ofthe Council. Based on the findings,
the researcher recommended that NECO management should continue to be guided by
NECO rules and regulation in personnel, infrastructural and financial management of the
Councilamong others.