Impact Of Secondary School Facilities On Security Measures And Students’ Learning Outcome In Mathematics In Ogoja Education Zone, Cross River State, Nigeria

Abstract

This study was carried out examine impact of secondary school facilities on security measures and students’ learning outcome in mathematics in Ogoja Education Zone, Cross River State, Nigeria. The research design adopted for this study was an ex-post facto research. This design was considered most appropriate because the intended phenomena to be studied have already occurred. The population of this study included all the teachers and students of all the public secondary schools in Ogoja Education Zone, Cross River State. However, 5 public secondary schools were selected using simple random sampling technique from the study area. Out of these 5 schools, two (2) were single-gendered (1 boy and 1 girl school); 2 were urban schools while the other 1 was rurally based. Cluster and stratified random sampling techniques were adopted to select a sample of 30 students and 6 teachers from each school, implying that from each school; total of 150 students and 30 teachers resulting in a total of 180 participants constituted the study sample. The instrument used for data was a questionnaire titled: “Secondary School Facilities on Security Measures Questionnaire (SSFOSMQ)”. The instrument was designed by the researchers, vetted by two experts in test and measurement unit of Department of Educational Foundations, University of Calabar. They were expected to assess the instrument in order to be sure that it measures all the variables of the research objectives. A test-retest reliability test was conducted on 20 respondents who did not form part of the main study but only used for the reliability test. The instrument was subjected to Cronbach Alpha reliability test. Analysis of variance (ANOVA) statistical tool was used to analyze the collected data, and to test the hypotheses at 0.05 level of significance. The results from analysis of data revealed that there was significant influence of availability of perimeter fencing, and Closed Circuit Television (CCTV) surveillance cameras in secondary school on students’ learning experience in mathematics in the study area. There was also significant impact of security gadgets on students’ learning outcome in mathematics in the study area. Based on the findings, it was recommended among others that the governments through the federal and state Ministries of Education should organize workshops and seminars that will expose school administrators on the latest technological tools for ensuring security in their schools; School administrators should take specific care related to “securing, perimeter fencing and limiting access to the school using CCTV surveillance.