Financial Management Skill Needs of Female Staff Post Primary Institutions for Sustainable Family Living in Anambra and Enugu States.
Abstract
The study explored the financial management skill needs of female staff in post- primary institutions for sustainable family living in Anambra and Enugu States. Two research questions guided the study. Ex-post facto research design using descriptive survey method was adopted. The population was made up of 10,797 female teaching staff working in all the public post-primary institutions of the twelve Educational Zones in Anambra and Enugu States (Six Educational Zones respectively). Multi-stage sampling procedure was adopted, while stratified and simple random sampling techniques were used to draw a sample of 540 female teaching in the thirty-six selected post-primary institutions in Anambra and Enugu States. Financial Management Skill Needs (FMSN) questionnaire was used for data collection. The Cronbach Alpha Coefficient was used to face verify the instrument and assess its internal consistency. The Statistical Package for Social Science was used to examine the data that the respondents provided (SPSS). The study topics were addressed using the mean score and standard deviation. The result of this study showed that keeping adequate records of all finances spent, making proper decisions, communicating effectively, motivating family members towards achieving goals among others were the implementing financial skills needed by female teaching staff in post-primary institutions for enhancing sustainable family living in the study areas. The findings of this study also revealed that reviewing the identified family need to see how far they have been achieved, reviewing the series of decisions taken to achieve the identified needs, assessing cooperative and communication skills of members among others were the evaluating financial management skills needed by female teaching staff in post- primary institutions for enhancing sustainable family living in Anambra and Enugu States. Among additional recommendations made in light of the findings was that periodic seminars and workshops should be organized for the female teaching staff on updating their implementing and evaluating management skills needed for enhancing sustainable family living.
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