PRINCIPAL UTILIZATION OF MATERIAL AND PHYSCIAL RESOURCES AS CORRELATES OF ACADEMIC ACHIEVEMENT OF SECONDARY SCHOOL STUDENTS’ IN SOUTHWEST, NIGERIA

Abstract

This study examined the relationship between principal utilization of material and physical facility resources as correlates of academic achievement of secondary school students in Southwest, Nigeria. The study adopted the descriptive survey research design. The population of the study comprised all the 2,719 principals, 72,676 teachers and 45, 987 students in all public secondary schools in Southwest, Nigeria. The sample for the study was 990 respondents, comprising 90 principals and 900 teachers from 90 public secondary schools in Southwest, Nigeria. Multi-stage sampling procedure which involved, simple random, stratified, proportionate and purposive sampling techniques was used to select sample for the study. Three set of instruments tagged “Principal Utilization of Material and Physical Facility Resources Questionnaire (PUMPFRQ)”, “Students Affective and Psychomotor Domain Questionnaire (SAPDQ)” and an Inventory on students’ academic performance were used for the study. The three instruments were validated by experts. PUMPFRQ and SAPDQ had reliability coefficients of 0.76 and 0.74 respectively. The data were analyzed using inferential statistics involving Pearson Product Moment Correlation. The hypotheses were tested at 0.05 level of significance. The study revealed that there was a significant relationship between material resource, physical facility resource and academic achievement of secondary school students. Based on the findings of this study, it was concluded that material resource, physical facility resource and academic achievement of secondary school students were good. Based on the findings of the study, it was recommended that government should ensure effective utilization of material resources by exposing teachers of various categories to appropriate seminars, workshops and workshops in order for enhanced instructional delivery and better academic achievement of students. Also, the education stakeholders (government, school administrators and teachers) should show greater commitment to the effective utilization of physical facilities resources such as office furniture, classroom facilities, health facilities, sporting facilities, and laboratory facilities among others in schools for better academic achievement of students.