LEARNING FACILITIES AND ACADEMIC PERFORMANCE OF STUDENTS IN AKWA IBOM STATE UNIVERSITY
Abstract
The Importance of learning facilities in the development and growth of the educational sector cannot be overemphasized. Due to lack of adequate provision of library. Laboratory and ICT centers among others in Akwa Ibom state university, the academic performance of students continued to deteriorate owing to inadequate instructional materials. It is against this backdrop that the study focused on " learning facilities and Academic performance of students in Akwa Ibom State university. Three research questions and hypotheses were formulated to guide the study. Relevant literatures were also reviewed to support the statement of the problem and objectives of the study. Production function Model of Education Theory propounded by James Coleman in 1966 and later by fuller in 1985 was adopted to give conceptual support for the study. Survey Research design was employed for the study. With source from the Department of Establishment, Akwa Ibom state university (2021/2022 academic session, the population of the study was 8,913 students. A sample size of 341 was determined using Meyers (1979) formula with students from six faculties being quoted from the sample size. A self-structured questionnaire was used as instrument for data collection. The data of this study was analysed using simple percentage tables and Pearson product moment correlation (PPMC) statistical tools with the aid of SPSS software IBM 23.0 version. Three hypotheses were tested at 0.05 level significance. From the study. Three findings were made and one of such is "There is a significant relationship between school library and students academic performance in Akwa Ibom state university". Premised on the findings, the study made three recommendations of which one is "A top notch Library with up to date books should be made available for students in Akwa Ibom state university through the instrumentality of the school management and with support from the Tertiary Education Trust Fund (TETFUND).
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