Appraising the State of Maintenance and Management of Available Secondary School Facilities on Students’ Academic Performance in Cross River State, Nigeria

The study appraised the maintenance and management of available secondary school facilities in Cross River State. The Government of Cross River State has increased the funding of affordable and qualitative education by about 12.96% in 2012 to 16.83% in its annual budget for 2013 in order to guarantee adequate provision, maintenance, and management of school facilities in her secondary schools, and other institutions of learning so as to foster quality learning, and enhanced student’s academic performance. This study sampled 235 stakeholders in Calabar South and North in the state secondary school education, and found that 87.10% of the respondent agreed that there exist a correlation between provision, maintenance and management of school facilities, and students’ academic performance. Thus, the study recommended among other things; a sustained increase in annual budgets to ensure adequate and continuous maintenance as well as management of school facilities. Keywords: Appraising, Maintenance and management, School facilities, Students’ performanc

Impact of Human Resource Accounting on Bursary Staff Effectiveness: Implication for Measurement and Evaluation of Human Capital in Federal Universities, Nigeria

This study investigated human resource accounting and bursary staff effectiveness   and its implication for measurement and evaluation of human capital in Federal Universities.   The study area was South-Eastern part of Nigeria, and a field survey method which involved the use of a questionnaire and interview was the method employed for data collection. A questionnaire that had a split-half reliability index of 0.75 and titled: Questionnaire for Evaluating Human Resource accounting in Offices (QEHRAO) was the instrument used for data collection. From the results of data analysis at 95% confidence interval, it was revealed that there exist a strong positive correlation between the five areas of human resource accounting and bursary staff effectiveness. 98.43% of the respondents opined that with an effective application of human resource accounting measures; management of public institutions will see its human resource as assets being maximized for greater productivity and excellence in service delivery. Keywords: Evaluating Human Resource Accounting, Bursary   Staff Effectiveness, Human Capital Implication for Measurement of Human Capital