EFFECTIVE MANAGEMENT OF SCHOOL FACILITIES AND STUDENTS’ LEARNING IN PUBLIC SECONDARY SCHOOLS IN EDO STATE, NIGERIA

Abstract

The place of school facilities in public secondary schools cannot be down played, hence the suggestions in public fora and among stakeholders in education for the improvisation of relevant teaching facilities for effective teaching and learning. It is against this backdrop that this paper attempted a research on the effective management of school facilities and students' learning in public secondary schools in Edo State. The study adopted the correlational research design and the population was madeup of 5439 students, while a sample of 271 responded to the instrument. The pearson r was used to analyse the four hypotheses raised for the study. Results found a significant positive relationship between the management of laboratory facility, library facility, infrastructural facility and instructional facility and students’ learning, noting that school facilities in public secondary schools is in a deplorable state.