School Planning Process as a Determinant of Efficiency in Cameroon Secondary Schools

Dr. OJONG ANGELA OJONG

School planning process, Efficiency, Principals, Secondary School.

The purpose of this research study is to investigate the extent to which the process of school planning influences secondary schools efficiency in Cameroon. The sample consists of 350 secondary school teachers in the Kumba municipality randomly selected from 20 schools that have been functioning for at least three years. The research instrument used was the questionnaire. The reliability index of the instrument was 0.8.  The data collected was analysed using the spearman rank correlation and the and the p.value <0.05 for all the three specific hypotheses. Based on this we conclude that: There is a relationship between Stakeholder participation and Efficiency in the secondary school; There is a relationship between Need Analysis and secondary school Efficiency; and that Evaluation processes significantly influences secondary school Efficiency.

Based on these findings, recommendations have been made to stakeholders concerned.