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8 Int'l J. Soc. Sci. Stud. 79 (2020)
School Board Efficiency in Financial Management and Human Resource in Public Senior High Schools: An Evidence from Ashanti Region, Ghana

handle is hein.journals/ijsoctu8 and id is 84 raw text is: International Journal of Social Science Studies F m e Vol. 8, No. 1; January 2020 ISSN 2324-8033 E-ISSN 2324-8041 Published by Redfame Publishing URL: http://ijsss.redfame.com School Board Efficiency in Financial Management and Human Resource in Public Senior High Schools: An Evidence from Ashanti Region, Ghana Blessing Dwumah Manu1, Huaisheng Zhang2, Daniel Oduro3, Anastasia Krampah-Nkoom4, Isaac Adjei Mensah, Oswin Aganda Anaba6, Adubofour Isaac7 2 School of Management Science, Department of Public Administration, Jiangsu University, Zhenjiang, Jiangsu 212013, P.R. China 3The Comforter International School, Administrator, Kumasi, Ghana 4'7School of Management Science, Department of Business Administration, Jiangsu University, Zhenjiang, Jiangsu 212013, P.R. China. 5Institute of Applied Systems and Analysis (IASA), Faculty of Science, Jiangsu University, Zhenjiang, Jiangsu 212013, P.R. China 6Department of Liberal Studies, Bolgatanga Polytechnic, Box 767, Bolgatanga, Ghana Correspondence: Blessing Dwumah Manu, School of Management Science, Department of Public Administration, Jiangsu University, Zhenjiang, Jiangsu 212013, P.R. China. Received: October 8, 2019 Accepted: December 16, 2019 Available online: December 24, 2019 doi:10.11114/ijsss.v8il.4556 URL: https://doi.org/10.11114/ijsss.v8il.4556 Abstract Education reform has led to the replacement of public senior high schools by the governing council, which is responsible for handling and managing the flow of resources in Ghana. Notwithstanding these lawful necessities and government financial provision for schools, it is unfortunate that poor facilities, poor performance and low morale among both teaching and non-teaching staff continue to impede the academic achievement of most Ghanaian public Senior high schools. The purpose of this study was to evaluate the efficiency of Board of Management (BOM) in financial and human resource management in Ashanti region of Ghana. This research adopted descriptive survey design. Thirty-five headmasters and 215 BOM participants from 35 public senior high schools in Ashanti region, Ghana contributed in the study. Using representative survey questionnaire, data were gathered. The study established that, in supervising and managing financial activities in the sampled schools, the BOM was not up to task. Nevertheless, it was observed that, BOM were efficient in managing human resources and its related activities. The study proposes that, the Ministry of Education develop a strategy or framework that obligates the government to provide BOM members with functional training as required by the basic law of education. Keywords: management, boards of management, financial management, efficiency, human resource, senior high school 1. Introduction The Management Board is a general term for those who superintend the operation of schools that serve government interests (Secondary education act of 2013). An important element of successful organizational management is effective management. As a result, board members play an effective role in achieving the goals of the college and are therefore vital to the management of Ghana's academic institutions. For every educational institution in the United States, the school management board (BOM) is the main policy agency. In the UK, boards are set up from year 8 to 12, with the sole job of helping the head of the organization to lead effectively. Fan (2015) pointed out that in the United States and Britain, school board chairmen and school administrators are appointed by the government to carry out these jobs, and they all have extremely high skills and experience. Keith board (2001). Posited that if the school is mismanaged, parents have the right to demand that the board be dissolved and then new one reformed. The promulgation of the constitution of Ghana in 2010 and the Secondary education act in 2013 led to the replacement of the school management board (SMCs) by the management board of the public senior high schools of the republic (Republic of Ghana, 2012). These changes follow more than 40 years of the public senior high school management guided by the education act of 1968, which established school management committees. The secondary education act of 2013 introduced major reforms to 79