Availability And Utilization Of Educational Facilities And Academic Achievement Of Public Secondary School Students In Lagos State, Nigeria
The study examined the
availability and utilization of educational facilities and academic achievement
of public secondary school students in Lagos State, Nigeria. Eight research
questions and six null hypotheses guided the study. The study is a correlational survey adopting the ex-post-facto research
design method. The population of the
study was 19982 comprising all the 676 Principals of the public secondary
schools, 1352 Vice Principals, and 17954 teachers from the six Education
Districts of Lagos State. The cluster and simple random sampling technique was
used to obtain a sample size of 999 secondary school teachers, vice principals
and principals for the study. Two self-developed instruments, the checklist and
SS2 promotion examination results were used to collect data for this study. The
validity of the instrument was established through face and content validity.
Reliability for the availability and utilization of educational facilities
checklist was tested using the test, retest method. The test yielded a
co-efficient of 0.82, data collected from the field was presented in tables and
analyzed using the statistical tools of percentage, mean, and standard
deviation to answer the research questions. Items with mean value of less than
2.50 were rejected. To test the hypotheses, the Pearson moment correlation
coefficient (r) method was used, acceptance decision was determined at 0.05
level of significance. The extent of availability of educational facilities for
academic achievement of public secondary school students in Lagos was high; The
extent of utilization of educational facilities for academic achievement
was high and there is a significant correlation between the availability and
utilization of educational facilities and students’ academic achievement of
Public Secondary School Students in Lagos State. Based on the findings, it was recommended that training should be
organized for teachers and students on the benefits of utilizing available
resources effectively. Government should implement a system for regularly
assessing the conditions and functionality of educational facilities, this will
help to identify areas of improvement ensuring that available facilities are
well maintained for their optimal utilization for students’ academic
achievement.