Impact Of School Facilities On Students Academic Achievement.

The paper examined the impact school facilities have on academic achievement of students in Senior Secondary Schools in Bauchi State Nigeria. The total population of the study comprises all the principals of Senior Secondary Schools in Bauchi State, numbering eighty-four (84), as of (2011). Employing simple random sampling technique, sixty-two principals were selected to represent the entire population as pointed out by Krejcie and Mogan, (1970). The instrument used for the study was Total Learning Environment Assessment (TLEA) consisting of 42 items completed by the principals, to ascertain the condition of the school facilities in public Senior Secondary Schools in Bauchi State. Data on result for students? academic achievement, (SSCE results) 2007-2011 were collected through the Bauchi State Ministry of Education. The TLEA instrument was adapted from the study of O?Neil (2000) redesigned by the researcher. A reliability tested through split-half pilot study of calculated = 0.958 and r- critical value = 0.765 at α 0.05 levels for Total Learning Environment Assessment for secondary school was sought to ascertain the usability of the instrument. Based on the analysis, the result shows that, the instrument has appreciable measures of validity and reliability. The data collected was analyzed using inferential statistics where the frequencies of the participants? responses were tabulated using percentages and Spearman Rank Order Correlation. Major research finding of the study did not find statistically significant relationship in the areas of school plant and facilities and students? academic achievement as measured by the TLEA at 0.05 levels. The researcher?s recommendations based upon this study include the followings: Educational administrators, planners and other stake-holders should supplement the government effort by maintaining the school facilities and improvise these items locally from the immediate community where the schools are situated. An area of achievement and failure in the students? academic career needs to be evaluated in order to foster improvement and make full use of learning process.