Classroom Attendance Register and Teachers Awareness of the Legal Implications as A Statutory Record in Schools

Abstract

The study investigated teachers’ awareness of legal implication of the classroom attendance register as statutory school record. Descriptive survey design was adopted for the study. The population was drawn from public and private secondary schools. Two thousand and four hundred Teachers made up the study sample. The instrument was the questionnaire validated by experts in the relevant education field and had reliability statistic index of 0.86. Based on the data obtained and analyzed, descriptive statistics were used for the research questions while t.test and pearson correlation were use for testing the hypotheses. The findings of the study revealed that teachers had moderate level of awareness of the legal implication of the classroom attendance register. Also training and years of teaching experience predicted higher awareness on the legal implications of the attendance register. Based on the findings, it was recommended that curriculum for teacher education in tertiary institutions should include courses on record keeping in schools. There should be professional development for teachers in service. Again regular supervision by Education authorities and head of schools on the accurate and proper record keeping should be encouraged.

Keywords: classroom; attendance register; teachers; awareness; legal implications, statutory record.

DOI: 10.7176/JEP/17-4-04

Publication date: April 30^th 2026