AN APPRAISAL OF INFRASTRUCTURAL FACILITIES/PERSONNEL AND ACADEMIC PERFORMANCE OF PHYSICS IN SENIOR SECONDARY SCHOOL IN IKOT ABASI LOCAL GOVERNMENT AREA

This study was on Appraisal of infrastructural Facilities/Personnel and academic Performance Of physic in senior Secondary Schools Ikot Abasi. L.G.A, Akwa Ibom State. The aim of this study was to identify the relationship between the infrastructural Facilities/Personnel on academic Performance Of physics Students. Four specific objectives, four research questions, four hypotheses were formulated to guide the study. Survey research design was adopted. Population of 480 students of physics in ss2 in all the four public secondary schools in the area was used. Sample size of 90 respondents were randomly selected from two schools out of the four public secondary schools in Ikot Abasi. A questionnaire (AIFPAP) was used for data collection. The instrument indicated bio data of the respondents and sections relating to an appraisal of infrastructural facilities/personnel as well as academic performance of physics in senior secondary schools in Ikot Abasi. The reliability of the study was determined using cronbach Alpha which yielded 0.76. The result of the study showed that there is no significant relationship between school physical facilities and academic Performance of senior Secondary School students in physics. Secondly there is a relationship between school personnel and academic Performance of senior Secondary Schools students in physics. The results also showed that there is no sex difference between school physical facilities and academic Performance of senior Secondary School students in physics. Finally, the results further showed that, there is no sex difference between school personnel and academic Performance Of senior Secondary Schools students in physics. It is therefore concluded that, infrastructural Facilities is inadequately provided in public senior Secondary Ikot Abasi. Based on these, it was recommended that the government should equip the school with Infrastructural Facilities and qualified physics personnel.