Authors :
Olumide Oguntolu; Edward Adeshola Oladigbolu; Michael Adegbile
Volume/Issue :
Volume 6 - 2021, Issue 12 - December
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Abstract :
This study assessed the infrastructures in
public secondary schools on the Mainland, Lagos State.
The purpose of this study is to investigate the state of the
school infrastructures, the maintenance schedule
implemented by school administrators, the factors
responsible for quick depreciation of school
infrastructures and the roles of school administrators in
the management and maintenance of school
infrastructures. This study reviewed some literatures on
how school infrastructure affects student’s learning
outcomes and identified key parameters that informs the
design project of educational infrastructure. This study
adopted the ex-post-facto research methodology. Case
studies and oral interview are used as instruments for
data collection, using 30respondents from three public
secondary schools selected by stratified sampling
technique. Data collected from the field work are
analyzed using SPSS to obtain the mean values of the
variables, and the results show that infrastructures in
public secondary school in Lagos Mainland are variably
in a state of disrepair. It further shows that the routine
maintenance carried out on school infrastructures are
generally inadequate. It was revealed that the factors
responsible for school deprecation of school
infrastructures include excess pressure on available
infrastructures and delayed maintenance amongst others.
The roles of school administrators in the management
and maintenance of school infrastructures include
periodic inspection and decentralization of maintenance.
This study recommends that school administrators,
teachers and students should exhibit discipline and good
maintenance culture, government should have adequate
budget for effective maintenance and management of
school infrastructures.
Keywords :
School infrastructures, decentralization, periodic inspection.
This study assessed the infrastructures in
public secondary schools on the Mainland, Lagos State.
The purpose of this study is to investigate the state of the
school infrastructures, the maintenance schedule
implemented by school administrators, the factors
responsible for quick depreciation of school
infrastructures and the roles of school administrators in
the management and maintenance of school
infrastructures. This study reviewed some literatures on
how school infrastructure affects student’s learning
outcomes and identified key parameters that informs the
design project of educational infrastructure. This study
adopted the ex-post-facto research methodology. Case
studies and oral interview are used as instruments for
data collection, using 30respondents from three public
secondary schools selected by stratified sampling
technique. Data collected from the field work are
analyzed using SPSS to obtain the mean values of the
variables, and the results show that infrastructures in
public secondary school in Lagos Mainland are variably
in a state of disrepair. It further shows that the routine
maintenance carried out on school infrastructures are
generally inadequate. It was revealed that the factors
responsible for school deprecation of school
infrastructures include excess pressure on available
infrastructures and delayed maintenance amongst others.
The roles of school administrators in the management
and maintenance of school infrastructures include
periodic inspection and decentralization of maintenance.
This study recommends that school administrators,
teachers and students should exhibit discipline and good
maintenance culture, government should have adequate
budget for effective maintenance and management of
school infrastructures.
Keywords :
School infrastructures, decentralization, periodic inspection.
