SCHOOL FACTORS AND QUALITY OF SECONDARY EDUCATION IN OYO STATE, NIGERIA

Abstract

Secondary education in Nigeria is in a depressed state, which is discouraging, calls for reasonable attention and this study investigated the influence of school factors on the quality of secondary education in Oyo State, Nigeria. A descriptive survey research design of the ex-post facto type was adopted for the study, while simple random sampling technique was employed to select 200 teachers and 20 principals in public secondary schools in Oyo state. Six research questions and six hypotheses were formulated. Data were collected through a structured questionnaire tagged: “School Factors Inventory and Quality Questionnaire” (SFI2Q), and “Principal Perception on School Factors and Quality” (PPSFQ). Data generated from the questionnaire were analyzed using descriptive statistics of frequency count, simple percentage and inferential statistics of multiple regression at 0.05 level of significance. There was a significant relationship between the school factor and quality of secondary education. A non-significant influence of school counseling on quality of secondary education was also observed (r = 0.488; t = 0.694; p> 0.05). The finding also revealed a non relative significant influence of school effectiveness on the quality of secondary education (r = 0.991; t = 0.11; P>0.05), there was significant influence of effective teaching and instruction on quality of secondary education (r= 0.000; t =10.555 P<0.05). There was no significant influence of infrastructural materials on the quality of secondary education (r = 0.648, t = 0.457; p > 0.05), There was significant influence of library and teaching facilities on the quality of secondary education (r = 0.005; t = 2.832; P < 0.05).The study concluded that school factor has influence on the quality of secondary education in Oyo state, Nigeria. Therefore, it was recommended that policymakers should formulate improved policies that will be tailored to stimulating the interest of learners. Government further holds the responsibility of providing infrastructure facilities to the public schools across the nation.