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The Problems Of Local Government Autonomy And Its Implications In The Effective Management Of Primary Schools
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7 Research Methodology
The
study therefore adopts a qualitative descriptive approach. It implore
one of the traditional methods of gathering information, i.e. the
secondary sources of data. A sizeable percentage of secondary sources
that is used came from published and unpublished works which include
materials extracted from: Archives, Newspapers, discussions, Conference
papers, Magazines, Internets, Books, and Articles in journals e.t.c. and
was analyzed to make the topic under discuss meaningful.
1.8 Limitation of the study
During the course of the study challenges encountered were exclusively but not delimited to the following numerous. These are
Financial
constraint: Insufficient fund tends to impede the efficiency of the
researcher in sourcing for the relevant materials, literature or
information and in the process of data collection (internet,
questionnaire and interview)
Time constraint: time factor pose
another constraint since having to cope in this research which went
simultaneously within the time schedule of other academic work making it
impossible to undertake this study in large more representative skill.
1.9 Definition of terms
Local
Government: This is the third tiers of government at the local or
grassroot level. It is established by law to exercise specific functions
within specific areas. It is a territorial community with non-sovereign
power to regulate its own affairs.
Service Delivery: This has to do
with the process of providing basic amenities as in infrastructure and
infrastructural development above.
Fiscal Autonomy: This is a state
of making local governance to have not only distinct territorial
boundary, legal powers to do or achieve specific goal but also, most
importantly, enjoy substantial autonomy in financial matters without
excessive but complementary control by higher authority(ies). These
include, owning of treasury, separate budgets, and accounts based on
effective reliable income generation from within and outside its domain.
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