Abstract
This study analysed availability, utilization and conservation of teaching facilities in Delta State primary schools. It was a descriptive survey and adopted ex-post-facto design, with a population of 1,113 headmasters/headmistress in public primary schools in Delta State. A sample of 222 headmasters/headmistress were sampled using stratified sampling technique. Instrument titled Availability, Utilization and Conservation of Teaching Facilities Questionnaire (AUCTFQ) was used. Data was analysed using mean, standard deviation and ranking. Finding shows that administrative rooms, block of classrooms, visual aids, chairs, audio visual aids, water facilities, toilets, desks, tables, books, writing boards, playground and electricity were available but not all were utilized and conserved. It is thus recommended that government and well meaningful individual in the society should strive and ensure that all teaching facilities are made available in the school for the benefit of the pupils. Also, teaching facilities should be adequate such that it will be utilized by the pupils and teachers. From time to time, government should ensure that these teaching facilities are conserved to retain its original state.
Highlights
In Nigeria, education is overseen by the Ministry of Education
Undermining the fact that preprimary education is a level below primary education, it is not considered as the foundation
The purpose of this study is to identify teaching facilities available, utilized and conserved in Delta State primary schools
Summary
In Nigeria, education is overseen by the Ministry of Education. Local authorities take obligation for instigating policy for state controlled public education. Nigeria system of education is alienated into kindergarten, primary, secondary and tertiary education. Primary education is very important in the Nigerian education system. According to Oni (2009) it is the oldest system of education in Nigeria and a link between pre-primary secondary education. Primary school pupils are obligatory to take a joint entrance examination to meet the requirements for admission into federal or state owned secondary schools, private secondary schools inclusive. More importantly, it is generally regarded as the very foundation upon which the other education is built on. Undermining the fact that preprimary education is a level below primary education, it is not considered as the foundation.
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