MULTINATIONAL COMPANIES SUPPORT FOR STUDENTS THROUGH CORPORATE SOCIAL RESPONSIBILITY IN COMMUNITY SECONDARY SCHOOLS IN RIVERS STATE, NIGERIA

Abstract

The study investigated multinational companies support for students through corporate social responsibility in community secondary schools in Rivers State, Nigeria. Two research questions and two corresponding null hypotheses were formulated to guide the study. The design employed for the study was a descriptive survey design while the population of the study consisted of 129 respondents which comprised 29 Community Relations Officers (CRO) and 100 community secondary school principals while the sample for the study was 65 respondents consisting of 15 Community Relations Officers (CROs) and 50 Principals. The sample size for the study was determined using a multi-stage random sampling technique. The instrument used for data collection was a 10 items questionnaire tagged “Corporate Social Responsibilities of Multinational Companies for Students Support Questionnaire” (CSRMCSSQ) which was face and content validated by three experts in Measurement and Evaluation, University of Port Harcourt. The reliability of the instrument was determined using Cronbach Alpha statistics with an average index of 0.89. Copies of the questionnaire were administered to the respondents of the study by the researcher with the aid of three trained research assistants. Research questions raised were answered using mean, standard deviation and rank order while the hypotheses were tested using z-test at 0.05 level of significance. The findings of the study indicated that there was a low contribution of these multinational companies in the performance of their social responsibilities in the areas of provision of health care services and skill development for student support in community secondary schools in Rivers State. It was recommended that these companies should partner with these schools in the provision of training and internship for students skill development in these communities.