Provision and utilization of physical resources for goal attainment in public universities in Rivers state

Abstract

The study investigated provision and utilization of physical resources for goal attainment in public universities in Rivers State. Three research questions were raised to guide the study and three null hypotheses were postulated and statistically tested at 0.05 level of significance. The study was anchored on the system theory and progressive utilization theory. The design of the study was a descriptive design. The population of the study was 1400 lecturers drawn from some selected departments in the three public universities in Rivers State. The sample size of the study was 420 persons making 30% of the total population. The instrument for data collection was a questionnaire titled Provision and utilization of physical resources for university goal attainment questionnaire (PUPRUGAQ). The reliability index of the instrument was established at 0.73. Mean and standard deviation were used to answer the research questions while z test statistic was used to test the hypotheses of the study. The result of the study shows that physical resources are provided in public universities for goal attainment, physical resources are adequate and they are highly utilized. There is no significant different between federal and state universities in their mean ratings on the provision, adequacy, and utilization ofphysical resources for goal attainment in public universities in Rivers State. It was concluded that physical resources are important tools that can be used to facilitate teaching and learning in the university and such teaching will result to goal attainment. It recommended among others that management of the universities should provide more resources such as building, chairs, ICT facilities to support teaching and learning. The management of universities should organize periodic training on the utilization of educational resources.