EXTENT PUBLIC-PRIVATE PARTNERSHIP PROVIDE SCHOOL PLANT IN PUBLIC SECONDARY SCHOOLS IN ENUGU STATE

Abstract

The study examined the extent public-private partnership provide school plant in public secondary schools in Enugu State. The study was guided by two research questions and two hypotheses were tested at 0.05 alpha level. Descriptive survey research design was adopted for the study. The population for the study comprised 298 principals. Based on the manageable size of the population, census sampling technique was used. The instrument for data collection was a researcher structured questionnaire titled “PublicPrivate Partnership in the Provision of School Plant Questionnaire (PPPPSPQ)”. The instrument was validated by three experts. In order to determine the reliability, Cronbach alpha method was used which yielded 0.82 and 0.80 for clusters 1 and 2 with an overall reliability index of 0.81. Mean scores and standard deviations were used to answer the research questions. t-test statistic was used to test the null hypotheses. The findings of the study revealed that public-private partnership provides transportation facilities to a low extent while sports facilities were provided to a great extent. Based on the findings of the study, the researcher recommended among others that public-private partnerships should increase their investment and focus on developing and improving transportation facilities by conducting thorough assessments to identify and address gaps, offering incentives such as tax breaks, grants, or subsidies to private entities, and encouraging integrated planning and collaboration between public agencies and private partners to ensure effective execution of transportation projects that meet community needs.