Abstract

The study examined the use of law courts in the administration of secondary schools in Delta State, Nigeria.. An instrument was constructed to collect data in the study. The subjects of the study were 250 teachers randomly selected from schools, comprising 125 males and 125 females. The one-way analysis of variance (ANOVA) was used to analyse the data collected, and in testing the two null hypotheses at the 0.05 level of significance. The results of the analyses revealed that teachers, irrespective of age and experience were against the use of law courts in the administration of justice in secondary schools in Nigeria.

Key words: Law court, justice, education, secondary schools, Nigeria.