The effects of school physical facilities on the processes of education: A qualitative study of Nigerian primary schools

Abstract

On the basis of detailed observation in eight Nigerian primary schools, this study analyses the effects of the quality of physical facilities on the processes of teaching and learning. These processes are seen both as aspects of the quality of education in themselves and as links between school inputs and pupils' achievement. Important educational processes are found to have been strongly influenced by furniture provision, classroom maintenance and other physical inputs. The findings suggest that it would be counterproductive for poor countries to try to provide primary education without the basic technology which richer countries have long taken for granted.