PHYSICAL RESOURCES ADEQUACY AND INTERNAL EFFICIENCY IN PUBLIC PRIMARY SCHOOLS IN EDO STATE

This study examined physical resources adequacy and internal efficiency in public primary schools in Edo State from 2009/2010 to 2015/2016 academic sessions. This study is a descriptive survey that adopted ex-post facto and correlational designs. At the time of the study, the population was 1,075 public primary schools in Edo State. The simple random sampling technique was used to select 108 public primary schools representing 10% of the population. Two checklists namely “Pupils Enrolment Progression Flow Checklist (PEPFC)” and “Physical Resources Adequacy Checklist (PRAC)” were the instrument used to collect data for the study. The data collected were analyzed using descriptive statistics, standard progression and Pearson r. The findings revealed that classrooms, pupils’ desks and chairs, teachers’ tables and chairs, chalkboards and toilets were inadequate as the determined benchmark was higher than the required quantity as at the period of the study. The level of the adequacy of the physical resources was moderate with 63.0%. The wastage value was low with wastage ratio of 1.2 which enhanced the internal efficiency of public primary schools in Edo State. In addition, the Pearson r revealed that there is no significant relationship between physical resources adequacy and internal efficiency of schools. It was recommended that the Edo State government should ensure that adequate physical resources are provided for schools to match the number of pupils enrolled to comply with the benchmark for school resource implementation and also that high internal efficiency is maintained by shifting all the doors against pupils’ wastage in the public primary schools.