DETERMINANT OF SCHOOL FACILITY PLANNING ON UTILIZATION OF EDUCATION RESOURCES BY STUDENTS IN PUBLIC SECONDARY SCHOOLS IN KADUNA STATE

Abstract

In this study, the researcher investigated Determinant of School Facility Planning on Utilization of
Education Resources by Students in Public Secondary Schools in Kaduna State. Three research
questions and three hypotheses guided the study. A 12 item questionnaire was used to collect responses
from the respondents. The instrument was divided into 4 sections with overall coefficient of 0.84 which
was considered enough for the study. The reliability of the instrument was obtained by a pilot-test and
analysis using Cronbach alpha. The population of the study consisted of 27,840 SS2 students of the 230
public secondary schools in Kaduna state and the proportionate random sampling was used to choose
522 students as the sample size. Pearson Product Moment Correlation Coefficient was used to answer
research questions and test the hypotheses at 0.05 level of significance. In testing the hypotheses, where p-value was greater than 0.05 level of significance, the null-hypothesis is accepted but where it is
otherwise, it was rejected. One of the findings of the study among others was that in most cases facilities
planned and provided are available but students do not fully utilize them. It was therefore recommended
that students should be made to utilize the education resources in the school made available through
school planning facility.