Time Mangement and School Administration in Nigeria: Problems and Prospects

Abstract

It is quite obvious that time is always used as an excuse by many policy planners and implementers for not meeting
their expected targets. Others complained about time for other reasons. This paper tries to examine the relative importance of
time as a resource available to both planners and administrators in course of carrying out policy formulations and implementation
of educational activities to achieve educational goals. It also emphasized that proper time management facilitates qualitative
teaching and learning in accomplishing educational goals and objectives. It started with an overview of time, definition of time
and time management, application of time management in school administration, scheduling of activities and time tabling
process. Finally summary and some recommendations on how to improve school administration through proper time
management were highlighted.