Teachers’ Perception on the Level of Availability of Instructional Materials in Public Secondary Schools of Zamfara State, Nigeria

Abstract

This study examines the level of availability of instructional materials among government-owned public secondary schools in Gusau Local Government Area, Zamfara State, Nigeria. Descriptive survey research was employed and 190 teachers were simple randomly sampled out of the total population of 367 in-service teachers in Gusau LGA through Morgan and Krejcie’s (1971) table of determining sample size. Three research questions were established in order to achieve the three objectives formulated for the study. Descriptive statistics (Simple percentage, mean, and standard deviation) were utilized in data analysis. The paper observed that Audio Materials were "Rarely Available" (M=1.99, SD=1.58); Visual Materials were "Much Available" (M=2.73, SD=2.34); while Audio-Visual Materials were "Rarely Available" (M=1.68, SD=1.33). In light of this, the study, therefore, recommends that Government, stakeholders in the educational sector, non-governmental and civil society organizations, as well as other well-to-do philanthropists in Zamfara State and particularly in Gusau LGA should endeavor to put more efforts to provide/donate more instructional materials (Audio, Visual, and Audio-Visual) for public secondary schools to meet the required amount of materials for the purpose of the enhancing the learners’ academic performance and successful professional course delivery of teachers.