Perceived Influence of Resource Provision on Academic Performance of Secondary School Students in Okigwe Education Zone of Imo State:- Chikezie, S. C

Abstract

academic pertormance questions and three hypotheses guided the studv tha hJ? State’ three research survey design. The population for the study consist of 667 iJarh^ a descriptive Okigwe Education zone in Imo State The samnla for tha ct teachers and 72 principals in X»9 Of 300 teachers and 30 researcher sfructured questionnaire tagged. Resource Provision and Academic Performance Questionnaire (RPAPQ). Face and content validity of the instrument was determined by two experts in the Departments of Educational Management and one expert in Department of Measurement and Evaluation. Internal consistency of the instrument was established using Cronbach alpha and it yielded an index of 0.73. The method for data analysis include the use of mean and standard deviation to answer the research questions and t-test statistic to test the hypotheses. The results of the study revealed that the numbers of teachers in respect of students’ population is inadequate, also the qualification almost teacher in terms of training and retraining and academic development were glossily inadequate also the class size seems large in construct to set standard. It was recommended that teachers quantity and quality should be treated with almost concern and sincerely it students’ academic performance must improve also appointment of teachers should not be based on familiarity godfather sing finally class size should be monitor by stakeholder for strict adherence to set standards.