Assessment of Availability, Adequacy and Utilization of Instructional Resources for Teaching Public Secondary School Students in Delta State Nigeria

The purpose of the study was to assess availability, adequacy and utilization of instructional resources for teaching secondary school students in Delta State. The study examined the availability of instructional resources in the state. It also examined adequacy and extent of utilization of resources in public secondary schools in the state. The System Resource Theory of organizational effectiveness provided the theoretical base for the study. The study adopted the ex-post-facto research design. The population of the study included all public secondary schools in Delta State out of which 100 public secondary schools was selected using the stratified random sampling technique. Data was collected with the aid of a checklist adapted from West African Examination Council (WAEC) guidelines for re-inspection and recognition of schools and subjects and a questionnaire to be designed for the study. The following findings were made including the fact that instructional resources for teaching are available in 64.16% of secondary schools in Delta State. Instructional resources are 40.66% adequate in secondary schools in the state. Instructional resources for teaching students in secondary schools in the state are fully utilized. Recommendations were made to cushion the impact on the state’s educational system ; the government should strive to ensure adequacy of instructional resources in the schools by making available more resources to enhance sufficiency; The extent of physical resources adequacy should be improved upon to make the classrooms, staff rooms and general school environment conducive for learning and principals and their vice should be adequately trained on effective utilization of limited instructional resources to enhance the attainment of school goals and objectives. Keywords: Assessment of Availability, adequacy and Utilization, Instructional Resources for Teaching, Public Secondary Schools. DOI: 10.7176/JEP/13-3-08 Publication date: January 31st 202