Abstract
Management of pupils' assessment records in university staff schools needs to be thoroughly managed by teachers with lay down government policy in order to provide feedback to relevant stakeholders. This research is aimed at investigating institutional governance and management of pupils’ assessment records in university staff primary schools in South South, Nigeria. The study employed descriptive research design of correlational type. The population of the study constitutes one hundred and ninety-five (195) teaching staff in four (4) University staff primary schools in South South, Nigeria, census sampling method was adopted because the population is relatively small. A researcher-designed questionnaire tagged: Institutional Governance and Management of Pupils" Assessment Questionnaire (IGMPAQ) was used to collect data. The instrument was validated by three experts, two (2) in Education Foundation Department and one in Educational Technology Department all in the University of Calabar. The reliability of the instrument was established using Cronbach alpha and the result showed coefficient of the sub scale of 0.72 and 0.82. Data was analyzed using inferential statistics of Pearson Product Moment Correlation (PPMC) at 0.05 level of significance. The findings of the study revealed that there is positive significant relationship between policy implementation and management of pupils' assessment records of University staff schools in South South Nigeria.However, there is no significant relationship between policy implementation and management of pupils' assessment records of University staff schools in South South Nigeria. Based on the findings it was among others that University management should provide all the needed facilities related to pupils’ assessment records.