Bad Physical Conditions of Public Secondary Schools in the South East Zone of Nigeria

Abstract

This paper investigated bad physical conditions of Public secondary schools in the South East Zone of Nigeria.  Imo state was chosen because, Imo state is among the states in the South east Nigeria. Descriptive survey research design was used for this study. One research question and one hypothesis guided this study. Correlation research design was adopted for this study. Population of study is made up of 5,172, SS3 students in Government secondary school Owerri. Sample size of this study is 200 SS3 and SS2 students. Researcher developed instrument "titled bad physical condition of public schools  in South East Nigeria" was used. Instrument was validated by experts in department of Business Education of Madonna University Anambra state. Reliability coefficient of the instrument was ascertained using Cronbach alpha and the reliability indices were 0.76 and 0.77 respectively. Data were analyzed using Pearson product moment correlation coefficient. Hypothesis was tested using t-test. Findings from this study revealed that there was significant dilapidation of public secondary schools’ facilities in the south east. It was recommended that the state Ministries of Education should carry out regular supervision to ascertain the level of dilapidation in public schools. Government should provide funds for building and maintenance of old public-school facilities in the south east, Nigeria.