Physical Facilities Availability and Utilization for Quality Delivery of Secondary Education in Enugu State

The study examined the availability and utilization of physical facilities for quality delivery of secondary education in Enugu State. In order to achieve the objectives of this study, four research questions guided the study while four hypotheses were tested at 0.05level of significance. Descriptive survey research design was adopted for the study. The population for the study comprised 295 principals and 8521 teachers and validated by three experts. Two of them were from the Department of Educational Management and one from Department of Mathematics and Computer Education, all from Faculty of Education, Enugu State University of Science and technology (ESUT), Enugu. To ensure the reliability of the instrument, it was trial tested on 12 principals and 28 teachers in the public secondary To ascertain the internal consistency of the instrument, the researcher used Cronbach alpha statistic to compute the internal consistency. The computation yielded 0.79 for cluster 1, 0.82 for cluster 2, 0.80 for cluster 3 and 0.79 for cluster 4. The instrument had an overall reliability index of 0.80; while mean scores and standard deviations were used to answer the four research questions. Then, t-test statistic was used to test the null hypotheses at .05 level of significant. The findings of the study revealed that laboratory facilities are available and utilized for quality delivery to a low extent. Instructional facilities are available and utilized for quality delivery to a low extent. Infrastructural facilities are available and also utilized for quality delivery to a low extent. Sports facilities are available and utilized for quality delivery of secondary education in Enugu State also to a low extent. Based on the findings of the study, the researchers recommended among others that laboratory facilities should be made available by school administrators and the government for meaningful teaching and learning in secondary schools. The vice principals and teachers in secondary schools should imbibe maintenance culture so as to sustain effective use of the available physical facilities