Effect of Poor Management Strategies of Solid Waste in Secondary Schools in Onelga, Rivers State
Favour Chukumela Woko
Department of Integrated Science
Ignatius Ajuru University of Education, Rumuolumeni, Port Harcourt, Nigeria
Email: favourchukumelawoko@gmail.com
ABSTRACT
The study is geared at investigating the effect of poor management strategies of solid waste in secondary schools in ONELGA, Rivers State. Two research questions guided this study. The study adopted a descriptive study design. The study was carried out in Secondary’ Schools in ONELGA. The targeted population is all students, teachers and, administrators in secondary schools in ONELGA. 200 people were randomly selected from five secondary schools in ONELGA for the study. The instrument used for data collection was a questionnaire titled “Effect of Poor Management Strategies of Solid Waste in Secondary Schools” (EPMSSWSS). The data collected were analyzed using the SPSS statistical package. The study revealed that there has been an effect of poor management strategies of solid waste in secondary schools in ONELGA, Rivers State. Based on the findings, the study recommended among the following that there should be Wastes disposal equipment for schools to avoid dumping waste in the environment and to also avoid decay of these wastes in the school environment to avoid many diseases, an adequate dumping sites for solid waste provided by government for schools, the dumping sites for refuse should be far away from the school environment. There should be provision for adequate dustbin in each class of a secondary school in ONELGA, there should be funds raised for programs to orientate students on proper waste management, there should be a regular collection of solid waste within secondary schools in
