Unethical Practices and Management Option in Mission Schools as Perceived by Teachers in Delta State

Abstract

This study was conducted to investigate unethical practices and management options in Delta State mission schools as perceived by teachers. To guide the study, four research questions were raised and four hypotheses were formulated. The study which was a descriptive survey adopted the ex-post-facto design. The population of the study consisted of 1319 teachers in 40 mission schools in Delta state as at 2014/2015 academic year. The sample used for this study was 456 teachers drawn from the population of the study which represented 40% of the entire population. The sampling procedure used was random sampling technique. The responses were carefully converted into mean scores for the purpose of answering of the research questions while t-test was used to test the hypotheses. Findings of the study revealed that unethical practices in Delta state mission schools included: teachers awarding unmerited score to students, sexual harassment, students’ truancy, teachers do not cover scheme of work and students cheating during examination.