EVALUATION OF STAKEHOLDERS' PERCEPTIONS ON PROVISION, UTILIZATION AND MAINTENANCE OF SCHOOL FACILITIES IN COLLEGES OF EDUCATION IN NORTH-WEST ZONE, NIGERIA

Abstract

This study was on Evaluation of Stakeholders' Perceptions on Provision, Utilization and Maintenance of School Facilities in Colleges of Education in North-West Zone, Nigeria. The study has two objectives among which are to: find out the Stakeholders' Perceptions on the provision of instructional facilities in Colleges of Education in North-west Zone, Nigeria; determine the Stakeholders' Perceptions on the utilization of instructional facilities in Colleges of Education in North-west Zone, Nigeria; In line with these objectives, two research questions, two null hypotheses were asked and formulated, respectively. Related literature was reviewed. Descriptive Research Design was adopted for the study. A total of 365 respondents were sampled from the total population of 6012, through the use of Research Advisor (2006) and 5 percent of the total population was added to avoid response error. A structured questionnaire was used to collect data from the respondents. The data collected were presented in tables and analyzed using weighted means to give the responses of respondents to the research questions. The two null hypotheses were tested using One Way Analysis of Variance (ANOVA) at 0.05 alpha level of significance. Descriptive statistics was used to analyze the bio- data of the respondents while mean and standard deviation was used to answer research questions respectively. Major findings of the study were: Instructional facilities were provided in Colleges of Education in North-West Zone, Nigeria; the available instructional facilities were properly utilized in the Colleges of Education in North-West Zone, Nigeria, the study concluded that; most of the required facilities in the Colleges of Education were largely provided with few not provided and others grossly inadequate. However, those facilities provided were well utilized by both staff and students. The study recommended that: Government should continue to provide latest and modern instructional facilities in Colleges of Education in Northwest Zone. The instructional facilities should include Computers, ICT Equipment, Audio Visual Materials, Furniture, educational media and Projectors.