Abstract
The purpose of the study was to assess availability, adequacy and utilization of instructional resources for teaching secondary school students in Delta State. The study examined the availability of instructional resources in the state. It also examined adequacy and extent of utilization of resources in public secondary schools in the state. The System Resource Theory of organizational effectiveness provided the theoretical base for the study. The study adopted the ex-post-facto research design. The population of the study included all public secondary schools in Delta State out of which 100 public secondary schools was selected using the stratified random sampling technique. Data was collected with the aid of a checklist adapted from West African Examination Council (WAEC) guidelines for re-inspection and recognition of schools and subjects and a questionnaire to be designed for the study. The following findings were made including the fact that instructional resources for teaching are available in 64.16% of secondary schools in Delta State. Instructional resources are 40.66% adequate in secondary schools in the state. Instructional resources for teaching students in secondary schools in the state are fully utilized. Recommendations were made to cushion the impact on the state’s educational system ; the government should strive to ensure adequacy of instructional resources in the schools by making available more resources to enhance sufficiency; The extent of physical resources adequacy should be improved upon to make the classrooms, staff rooms and general school environment conducive for learning and principals and their vice should be adequately trained on effective utilization of limited instructional resources to enhance the attainment of school goals and objectives. Keywords : Assessment of Availability, adequacy and Utilization, Instructional Resources for Teaching, Public Secondary Schools. DOI: 10.7176/JEP/13-3-08 Publication date: January 31 st 2022
Highlights
It is obvious that Nigeria desires and clamours for technological advancement
The findings further revealed that maintenance carried out on school facilities were inadequate for majority of the facilities
Discussion of Results The result of the study revealed that the general resources for teaching such as chalk boards, marker boards as well as textbooks were available in most schools
Summary
It is obvious that Nigeria desires and clamours for technological advancement. It is translated into reality only if there are conscious efforts to prepare our students adequately to face the prevalent under-achievement in schools. Rather than the adoption of theoretical education of teaching subjects such as chemistry, physics, biology , mathematics and other subjects, students should be taught with the necessary instructional resources that will make teaching and learning to achieve the desired goals and objectives (Dawari, 2012). It is well known among educators that the educational experience involving the learner actively participating using concrete examples are retained longer than abstract experiences. Concrete experience facilitates learning and the acquisition, retention and usability of abstract symbols. Only educational institutions stocked with instructional resources that are well utilized by skilled teachers can provide this all important transformation
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