Impact of funding on the effectiveness of Seconadary education in cross river state, Nigeria

This study investigated the funding, utilization and secondary education effectiveness in Cross River State, Nigeria from 2006-2016. To achieve the study, two purpose of study and two research questions were raised to guide the study. Ex-post facto research design was adopted. The population is 246 Secondary Schools in the study area. Principals were used to answer the research questions and questionnaires. Census sampling technique was used since the population was manageable. The instrument used for this study is checklists known as state budgetary allocation trend (SBAT) and qualitative output trend (QOT) were used to elicit information from the respondents. The checklists were validated by two experts in Measurement and Evaluation. The statistical tool used for data analysis was descriptive statistics and standard deviation. The result of the analysis showed that funding determines the effectiveness of secondary education in Cross River State. It was recommended among others that the government should ensure that adequate budgetary provision is made to secondary education as investment in education is building the future economy of the nation as well as ensuring better output.