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Over the years, Nigerian school administrators, especially, the lslamiyyah schools had paid Lip services to the proper keeping of records. Each one of these schools do is merely teach and graduate students. However as observed by NTI, (2000:12) in 1964, a headmaster of one primary school in our neighboring Bauchi State was faced with one serious experience. A form containing many questionnaires about one of many old pupils of the school who was nominated to be appointed as the chairman of the Federal Public Service Commissioner was presented with to him to complete. The pupil graduated a long time before the headmaster even visited primary school. Therefore, the headmaster did not know the man personally and didn’t know what to write about him.



The only solution available to the headmaster was to show to the institution records. The institution records showed the entire year the pupil was admitted, the year he passed out, the records of his good academic performance, records of annual prizes given to the pupil among others.

It was these records that helped the headmaster to correctly and accurately filled the form that assisted the individual to be successfully appointed.

DEFINITION OF CONCEPTS

School records keeping: This idea in accordance with NTI (2000:12) may be the history of the school kept systematically. This means that the systematic growth of the institution at various points in time must be thoroughly recorded and kept by school administrators. it is the authentic register of instruments of officials accounts of transaction or accurance which are preserved in the schools office (Olanrewaju 200S).

Aleiyideino SC et al (202) defined record as a written statement in regards to a happening. School record keeping according to these scholars are records that provide a lot of information regarding the school which will enable the authority to take decisions and asses the progress of the school. Head of School shall refer to both head teacher and principal.

Student: It will be used to make reference to both pupils and students. 九龍城 n班 These records in accordance with Dibu-Ojerinde,00 and Tukur(ed) (2005:21) classified school records into (a) Statutory Records (b) Academic Records (c) Finance Records (d) Staff Record(e) General Records.

Also linking Muslim schools to the category of voluntary agencies thinking about educational development, Eke, et al (2000:46) explained that the Izalatil bid’a Wa Iqamatis Sunnah group, the Jama’atu Nasrul Islam, is the Islamic Trust of Nigeria (ITN) among others have contributed immensely not merely to the development of education but also to proper school records keeping in Nigeria. Here cognitive and effective domains are highly exhibited unlike public schools that deal with only cognitive domain.