EDUCATIONAL RESOURCE SITUATION AS DETERMINANT OF STUDENTS’ ACADEMIC PERFORMANCE IN PUBLIC COLLEGES OF EDUCATION IN SOUTHWEST NIGERIA

Abstract

This study investigated educational resource situation as determinant of
students’ academic performance in public Colleges of Education in
Southwest Nigeria. Purposive sampling technique was used to select six
public Colleges of Education in Southwest Nigeria. From the total
population of five thousand, four hundred and twenty (5,420), simple
random sampling technique was used to select one hundred and fifty
(150) three hundred level students from each institution, making a total
of nine hundred students (900). Same to select one hundred (100)
academic staff each from the selected institution, making a total of six
hundred (600). Total sample was one thousand and five hundred
(1,500). Two self-designed questionnaires tagged Academic Staff and
Educational Resource Situation Questionnaire (ASERSQ and Educational
Resource Situation and Students’ Academic Performance Questionnaire
(ERSSAPQ) were used to collect the analyzed data, using regression
analysis at 0.05 level of significance. Findings revealed significant
positive relationship between students' academic performance and
laboratory equipment (r= 0.795, p<0.05); students' academic
performance and instructional materials (r=0.954, p<0.05); students'
academic performance and social amenities (r=0.318, p<0.05); students'
academic performance and books and journals (r =0.840, p<0.05).
Students' academic performance and adequate manpower (r = 0.878,
p<0.05); students' academic performance and quality manpower
(r=0.532, p<0.05); students' academic performance and manpower
utilization (r=0.646, p<0.05); and students' academic performance and
training and retraining (r = 0.708, p<0.05). Based on these findings,
study recommended that governments and policy makers in these
educational institutions should place emphasis on adequate provision of
these germane educational resources in order to enhance students’
academic performance.