INFLUENCE OF SCHOOL ADMINISTRATORS’ TORT KNOWLEDGE ON STUDENTS RIGHTS IN SENIOR SECONDARY SCHOOLS, OYO STATE, NIGERIA
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This study aimed at investigating the influence of school administrators’ knowledge of torts on Students’ Rights in senior secondary schools in Oyo State, Nigeria. The study employed a survey design for which administrators were chosen from six educational zones (42 principals and 114 vice principals) as participants in the study. Instruments used were Administrators’ Knowledge of Tort Law Scale (KoTL; α = 0.79), and Infringement of Students’ Rights Survey (IoSR; α = 0.78) scales were adopted. Data obtained were analysed using descriptive statistics, Pearson’s Product Moment Correlation, t-test and with level of significance set at 0.05. The result showed that Knowledge of Tort Law (KoTL) among administratorwas fair. KoTL (r = -0.691) had significant negative correlations with IoSR. Gender had no significant impact on Administrators’ knowledge of tort law (t = -1.698, df =154, P > .05). It was recommended that school administration should be improved through training, especially those relating to tort law, while offending school administrators should be duly punished.
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