Availability of Materials and Business Education Student’s Academic Performance in Secondary Schools in Kwara State, Nigeria
Kudirat Abimbola Babatunde
Department of Business Education, Kwara State College of Education, Ilorin, Nigeria.
Amdalat Abiodun Sagaya
Department of Educational Management, Al-Hikima University, Ilorin, Nigeria.
Felicia Olufunke Agbesanya
Department of Educational Management, University of Ilesa, Osun State, Nigeria.
Tunde Abdulkadir Ajadi *
Department of Educational Foundations, Kwara State College of Education, Ilorin, Nigeria.
*Author to whom correspondence should be addressed.
Abstract
The study examines the influence of Business Education resources available for teaching and learning in secondary schools in Kwara State. To establish this, three research questions were raised for the study. Descriptive survey research method was adopted. The target population comprises of all the secondary schools in Kwara State. Sample sizes of 78 business studies teacher in L.G.A are selected. The instruments for the collection of data were a rating scale titled: Rating Scale on Availability of Teaching Material (RSATM) and a structured questionnaire titled: Influence of Resources Availability on Business Studies Teaching Questionnaire (IRABSTQ) administered to teachers in Junior Secondary Schools. Frequency counts, simple percentage and mean were used to analyze the research responses of the respondents. The study revealed among resources for teaching and learning of Business Education Subjects were not adequately available in secondary schools in Kwara State. The use of the available resources influence students learning outcome positively. It was concluded that secondary schools in Kwara state is confronted with shortage of resources for teaching of business education subjects. It was recommended among others that Government should prioritize the provision of resources for the teaching and learning of the subject.
Keywords: Resources, business education, teaching material, teaching and learning