EARLY CHILDHOOD TEACHERS IN EGOR LOCAL GOVERNMENT

This research work was carried out to assess utilization of instructional materials in primary schools in Egor Local government area Benin City. This study intends to assess the utilization of instructional material among early childhood teachers, and in this regard, Four (4) research questions were generated to guide this study. The main purpose of this study specifically intends to; find out the challenges and factors that hinder the use of instructional materials. The focus of the study was on the availability and challenges of the utilization of instructional materials by teachers in early childhood schools and it isrestricted to primary schools within Egor Local government area Benin City, Edo state. A descriptive survey research method was adopted. The target population of this study comprises of both public and private preschool teachers with sample size of hundred(100)respondents being teachers from twenty-five (25) randomly selected primary schoolsinEgor local government area of Benin City and with the use of questionnaire as theinstrument to collect information from the respondents. The instrument was divided into two sessions; twenty (20) items researcher developed questionnaire was used for data collection. The targeted population for the study consisted of 100 respondents being teachers. The responses were collected and analyzed using frequency counts, mean, standard deviation and the independent sample test and the Cronbach reliability statistics was used and it gave reliability index of 0.85. The major findings of the study show that there are inadequate instructional materials in primary schools and chalk/white board are the most common types of instructional
materials in primary schools. The study further revealed that the use of instructional bmaterials influence pupils assimilation process and their ability to learn. Recommendations were made for improvement bearing the importance of instructional materials in primary schools.