IMPACT OF LIBRARY AND LABORATORY ON QUALITY TEACHING AND LEARNING IN PUBLIC SECONDARY SCHOOLS IN NORTH CENTRAL NIGERIA.
DOI:
https://doi.org/10.68653/8kefvg49Keywords:
Library, Laboratory, Educational Management, teaching and learning.Abstract
The study investigated the impact of library and laboratory on quality teaching and learning in public secondary schools in North Central, Nigeria. Two research questions guided the study, two hypotheses were formulated and tested for the study. Ex post factor survey design was adopted. The population of the study was 42,235 teachers from 6,601 public secondary schools in the study area with a sample of 1, 252 respondents. The sample size was through multi-stage random sampling procedure. The instrument for data collection was a questionnaire titled “library and laboratory management on Quality Teaching and Learning Questionnaire (LLMQTLQ)”. It was validated by three experts, two in Educational Management and one in Science and Mathematics Education in the Faculty of Education, Benue State University, Makurdi. The reliability of the instrument was carried out on 30 respondents from Government Secondary School Jos North, Plateau State and Ilorin, Kwara State. The reliability test was conducted using Cronbach Alpha reliability and the result yielded a reliability coefficient of 0.93. Data were analysed using mean and Standard Deviation to answer the research questions while Chi-square (χ2) to test the two hypotheses at 0.05 level of significance. The findings of the study showed that office and classroom facilities have significant positive impact on quality teaching and learning in public secondary schools in North Central, Nigeria. And concluded that it has significant positive impact on quality teaching and learning. It was recommended that Ministry of Education, policy makers, school administrators and donor agencies should ensure library and laboratory facilities are provided and well managed in order to achieve quality teaching and learning in public secondary schools in North Central, Nigeria.
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