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This work is on strike actions and its effects on educational management of Universities in Rivers State. It is a survey design. The study randomly selected seventy five (75) non-academic staff and sixty (60) academic staff from each population of the university which total one hundred and thirty five (135) respondents randomly and independently sampled. The data collected was gathered using structured questionnaire and oral interview and it was synthesized with the sample percentage (%) method. The data collected were analyzed and presented in tabular form. The result obtain showed that poor condition services, poor salaries and different salary structure and poor supply of welfare services for staff and students are the cause of strike action, closure of school frequency, etc, are the effect of strike actions. The measures to eradicate strike action in universities in Rivers State include proscription of trade unionism in tertiary institutions and ensuring managerial efficiency. It was therefore recommended that previous agreement on salaries, fringe benefit and other working conditions between labour and management government should be implemented as at when due.
Introduction:
Over the years universities have played dominant roles in the developed world. Universities are usually in the forefront of any social, economic and political challenges, especially with the power of research being focused on areas that will promote human development and solve existential problems. Research is not just for the promotion of lectures, but research finding are part of a society's knowledge base, which is transmitted to students and industries, so then, a university must be an institution for the people, a centre for knowledge and problem solving for society. It is said that the use of the English word "STRIKE" first appeared in 1768 when sailors in support of demonstrations in wooden "struck" or removed the topgallant sails of merchant ships at port, thus crippling the ships.
Strike actions have turned our education system into a blamed and not tied to the need of society. Education must be woven into life with a common thread running through life and society; this is how universities can be relevant in the development of our nation state. Such things like safe drinking water, electricity, security, technology and waste disposal are still huge challenges for them, universities engage...