Perception Of Principals And Teachers On The Effect Of School Resources On Students Academic Performance: Need For Counselling:- Chikezie, S. C

Abstract

 The study investigated on perception of principals and teachers on the effect of school resources on students' academic performance; need for counselling. Two research questions and two hypotheses were formulated for the study. The design for the study is a descriptive survey. The population for the study consisted of 667 teachers and 72 principals in Okigwe Education zone in Imo State. The sample for the study consisted of 330 respondents. Comprised 300 teachers and 30 principals. The instrument for data collection was a researcher structured questionnaire tagged Resource Provision and Academic Performance Questionnaire (RPAPQ) having two sections. Face and content validity of the instrument was determined by one expert in the departments of Educational Management, one in Psychology and counselling and one expert in measurement and Evaluation all from Michael Okpara University of Agriculture Umudike. The reliability of the instrument was established using Cronbach alpha and it yielded an index of 0.73. Data was collected directly by the researcher, the method for data analysis includes the use of mean, standard deviation for research question and ttest statistic for hypotheses. The results of the study reveal that teachers and principals perceive that laboratory equipment and library facilities had influence students' academic performance. It was recommended that counsellors should encourage principals of school to look for avenue to internally generate funds to restock the library with current resourceful book also teachers should be encouraged to improvise laboratory equipment needed to introduce a lesson to effectively carry their teaching roles amongst others. Keywords: School resources, Academic performance, Laboratory facilities, library