This study titled “Implications of Wastage of Human Resources in Secondary Schools in Meme Division” is based on the problem of educational wastage in school establishments. The general objective was to establish the relation between school human resources and wastage in secondary schools in Meme Division of the South west Region of Cameroon. One research question was posed to examine the issue under investigation. Being a quantitative study, the survey research design was used. The target population constituted 362 secondary school principals in the South west Region of Cameroon. A questionnaire on educational infrastructural inputs was used to collect data, and data obtained was analyzed using frequencies, percentages, means and standard deviation. The Chi –square test was used to test hypotheses at 0.5level of significance The Item intended to verify the relationship between qualified teachers and wastage. Analyses revealed that 5 schools always have qualified teachers, 23 schools sometimes have qualified teachers. It was also found that there is positive relationship between qualified teachers and wastage. As confirm by the result of hypothesis testing. Analyses shows that x2 calculated (16.08) > x2 calculated value (7.93). This means that when a school has qualified teachers, educational wastage can be reduce. When there is lack of qualified teachers, the rate of school repetition increases. This result agrees with the result of research Magnet (2007) that hold that student with certified teachers perform better than student with teachers who have no certification or emergency certificate. He also alerted that teachers, who have professional education training or pedagogy, produce higher student’s achievement than those who enter the profession and lack this background. Item intended to verify the relationship between quantity and teachers at all the subjects and school repetition. Analyses revealed that 7 schools always have adequate quantity of teachers in all the subjects 21 schools, sometimes have adequate quality in all the subjects and 40 schools often have adequate quantity of teachers in all the subjects. It was also found that there is a positive relationship between enough quantity of teachers in all subjects and school repetition. As confirm by the result of table above shows that x2 calculated (13.69) > x2 critical value (7.92). This means that quantity of teachers in the entire subject can reduce the rate of repetition. Item intended to verify the relationship between teachers with experience and school repetition. Analyses revealed that 9 schools always have teachers with experience, 20 schools sometimes have teachers with experience, 36 schools often have teachers with experience. It was also found that there is positive relationship between teachers experience and school repetition. As confined by the result above .It shows that X2calculated (l0.18»X2 critical (7.92) value. This means that schools which have teachers with experience can have low rate of repetition, while schools which have teachers without experience can have high rate of school repetition. This result agree with magnet (2007) finding, who hold that there is a negative effect when a high proportion of inexperienced teachers are present in school, in terms of higher dropout rate and lower students achievement scores. Item intended to verify the relationship between support staff for discipline and school repletion. Analyses shows that, 10 schools always have support staff for discipline,15 schools sometimes have support staff for discipline, 40 schools often have support staff for discipline. It was found that there is a positive relationship between availability of support staff for discipline and school repetition. As confirmed by the result of table above. It reveals that X2 calculated (11.27) >X2 critical value (7.92). This means that the availability of support staff for discipline can reduce the rate of school repetition. Item intended to verify the relationship between availability of guidance and counseling and school repetition. Table above reveals that 71 schools often have staff for guidance and counseling. It was also found that there is no positive relationship between availability of staff for guidance and counseling and school repletion. As confined by the result of table 71. It shows X2 calculated (0.042) < X2 critical value (7.92) this mean that the availability of staff for guidance and counseling does not influence the rate of repetition in school. Results from this study and those of other researches show that when human resources of standards are available in school, there will be low rate of educational wastage. On the other hand, if these resources are neglected or left out completely, there will be high rate of school wastages. It also reveals that human is still lacking in a higher percentage in schools.
Human Resources, Wastage
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