EVALUATION OF PROVISION AND MAINTENANCE OF INFRASTRUCTURAL FACILITIES IN BOARDING SECONDARY SCHOOLS

 This study evaluates the provision and maintenance of infrastructural facilities in boarding secondary schools in Yola metropolis. The researcher was interested to check whether there is appropriate provision of infrastructural facilities to solve the problem of students’ overpopulation in classrooms, provision of laboratories and workshop facilities, the accommodation of students and teachers, games facilities for students sporting activities and water and electricity supply in boarding secondary schools. The study was a survey method that covers all boarding secondary schools within Yola metropolis. The questionnaire was used to collect relevant data.

To give the general description of the data, frequency tables and simple percentages were used. Six (6) hypotheses were formulated and the testing was done by using analysis of Variance (ANOVA). The results showed that school facilities were inadequately provided and where some of these were provided they were inadequately managed. It was reveals that libraries, laboratories and workshops are not well equipped and maintained, therefore, did not facilitate teaching and learning. It was also evident that accommodation facilities are not enough for both staff and students. There was inadequate supply of water and electricity in the boarding secondary schools in Yola metropolis. Game fields are provided in all the schools, however, there were no sporting equipments. Generally, there was lack of maintenance of infrastructural facilities in the schools. It was recommended that Adamawa State government should make effort to provide the boarding secondary schools with adequate school infrastructural facilities while school managers on their part should put a system in place on maintaining and managing the facilities given to their schools. The Ministry of Education officials should monitor and supervise the schools on regular basis.