School Facilities Management and Students' Academic Performance

This book investigated the relationship between school facilities management variables and Senior Secondary School students' academic performance in Adamawa State, Nigeria. Correlational research design was adopted for the study. A sample of 153 school principals and 377 teachers were randomly drawn from 248 senior secondary schools and 6,450 teachers. The book revealed a significant relationship between school facilities planning efficiency, allocative efficiency, administrative efficiency, maintenance efficiency, availability of school facilities and students' academic performance in Adamawa State, Nigeria. The book recommended among others that government should adequately equip all Senior Secondary Schools in the State using appropriate and efficient procedures of facilities planning and allocation bases, and equally school principals should frequently carry out comprehensive assessment of the facilities in their schools to determine areas of need, and the Ministry of Education should promptly provide fund for the maintenance of school facilities as they receive report from schools.