MANAGEMENT OF PUBLIC PRIMARY SCHOOLS IN A DEPRESSED ECONOMY: THE ROLES OF THE HEAD TEACHERS
The paper explains the key concepts of the work; management and depressed economy. It highlighted the general objectives of primary education and clearly explained the current state of primary schools in Nigeria such as inadequate funding, low teacher morale, rural-urban migration, legislative problems and outmoded teachers among others. The methodology for the work was basically exploratory analysis. The paper vividly discussed the roles of the head teachers in managing public primary schools in a depressed economy. It admonished head teachers to adopt delegation of duties, partnership with Parent Teachers Association, improvisation of instructional materials as some of the measures to meet the needs of his school in a depressed economy. Some relevant recommendations and conclusion were made.
Keywords: depressed, economy, head, management, primary, public, roles, schools, teachers