An Assessment of Education Management Information System (EMIS) Facilities in some Selected Secondary Schools, Ondo State, Nigeria

Maximizing teaching quality in educational setting remains the main challenge for most schools in Nigeria today. To tackle this challenge, there is need for regular assessment of Education Management Information System (EMIS) facilities available to teachers for improved management and monitoring of the learning system towards effective educational decision making. This study assessed the availability and accessibility of EMIS facilities to teachers in secondary schools of Ondo North Senatorial District, Nigeria. The samples consist of 240 respondents (200 teachers and 40 principals/vice principals) from the sampled public (10) and private (10) secondary schools. Simple random sampling technique was used to select two (2) principals/vice principals and ten (10) teachers from schools. Data were analyzed using descriptive statistical method that include percentage and mean score. The decisions on students responses were based on Mean Values (X) and the Grand Mean values calculated. The decision states, accept the perception if the Mean Value is greater than the Mean Grand Value and verse versa. Hence, mean X< 2.50 was regarded as low, X>2.50 or = 3.49 as moderate, X>3.50 as high. Results show that; The Grand Mean value of 3.09 depicts a moderate availability of EMIS facilities in both public and private secondary schools in the study. However, EMIS facilities were not fully accessible to teachers because of the significant differences noted in private and public secondary schools. The high level of EMIS facilities in private schools suggests that public secondary schools should be improved upon for better educational management and development.