Abstract
This study investigated the influence of
educational resources on students’ academic performance in public secondary
schools in Umuahia Local Government of Abia State. The study adopted
descriptive survey research design. A sample of size of 265 respondents which
is made up of 45 teachers and 220 SSI and SS2 students was drawn from the
population of subjects (teachers and students) across the 16 public secondary
schools in Umuahia North L.G.A ofAbia State, Nigeria. The study adopted a
multi-staged sampling technique. The instruments for data collection was
“Influence of Educational Resources on Students’ Academic Performance” (IERSAPQ)
which had a 20-item each with four clusters and 4- point response scales ofVery
High Extent, High Extent, Low Extent, and Very Low Extent with 4, 3. 2, and 1
ratings respectively that addressed the research questions. The face validation
ofthe instruments was carried out by three experts: one from the Department of
Adult Education expert in curriculum and instruction, one in the Department
ofEducational Management expert in Administration and planning, and one in the
Department of Science Education expert in Measurement and Evaluation all from
college of education, Michael Okpara University of Agriculture, Umudike, Abia
State. The internal consistency of the reliability ofthe instrument was
determined using Cronbach alpha statistic which yielded a reliability index
value of 0.87. The instrument was administered by the researcher with the help
ofthree briefed research assistants.. All the copies ofthe instruments
administered were returned and was used for data analysis. Mean and standard
deviations were used to answer the four research questions raised for the study
while t- test statistic was used to test the four hypotheses that guided the
study at 0.05 level of significant. The results showed among others that the
respondentsto a high extent agreed that human resources, material resources,
financial resources and time services have influence on students’ academic
performance. This implied that for improved performance ofstudents in any
school subject, there is the need for school management to recruit, train and
appropriately deploy their human resources to their various field ofstudy.
Thus, the training ofstaffthrough variousin service training is highly
important. Based on the findings, it was recommended among others that School
management should ensure that qualified teachers are recruited to teach and
manage the school system; there should be provision of funds for the management
of the school system for effective administration and proper instructional
delivery.
ELEKE, E (2025). Influence of Educational Resources on Students’ Academic Performance In Public Secondary Schools in Umuahia North Local Government Area of Abia State:- Eleke, Joy U. Repository.mouau.edu.ng: Retrieved Jul 05, 2025, from https://repository.mouau.edu.ng/work/view/influence-of-educational-resources-on-students-academic-performance-in-public-secondary-schools-in-umuahia-north-local-government-area-of-abia-state-eleke-joy-u-7-2
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