Junior Secondary School Students

This study was aimed at ascertaining the influence of instructional materials on the achievement of the Junior Secondary School Students in English language. In order to achieve the intended objectives of the study, five research questions was raised and two hundred and forty (240) respondents drawn from the students in Ovia North East Local Government Area of Edo State were used. The descriptive survey research design was employed for the study. The tool utilized to collect the ata was a self-made questionnaire. Utilizing an expert approach, the instrument was verified. When the instrument's reliability was tested using the Pearson's Product Moment Correlation Coefficient, a reliability coefficient of 0.78 was obtained, indicating that the instrument was trustworthy. requency and a straightforward percentage were used to analyze the data. The findings showed that textbooks, dictionaries, tape recorders, charts, computers, televisions, posters, and radios are among the instructional tools accessible in the studied schools in the Ovia North East Local Government Area of Edo state for the teaching and learning of English. One of the main issues with the use of instructional resources in the teaching and learning of English language is that the majority of students are unfamiliar with how to use them. Based on the finding of the suggests the following: the government should provide adequate instructional materials for effective teaching and learning to take place. Teachers should receive education and training on how to use a variety of instructional materials especially the novel ones.

This study was aimed at determining the influence of school facilities on the academic performance ofJunior Secondary Students in Nigeria, using government secondary schools in Obio Akpor Local Government Area in Rivers State as a case studThis study adopted the case study research design. The purpose of this study is to determine the influence of school facilities on the academic performance ofstudents. The major instrument used for data collection is the questionnaire. On the presentation of data, the researcher uses the sample and sampling techniques to depict the responses of the respondents to a particular research question. The data collected from their responses were used in analyzing the study.The findings ofthe study revealed that school facilities played a major significance in the academic performance of students in the junior secondary schools, Nigeria.