EDUCATIONAL RESOURCE SITUATION AS DETERMINANT OF STUDENTS’ ACADEMIC PERFORMANCE IN PUBLIC COLLEGES OF EDUCATION IN SOUTHWEST NIGERIA

This study investigated educational resource situation as determinant of students’ academic performance in public Colleges of Education in Southwest Nigeria. Purposive sampling technique was used to select six public Colleges of Education in Southwest Nigeria. From the total population of five thousand, four hundred and twenty (5,420), simple random sampling technique was used to select one hundred and fifty (150) three hundred level students from each institution, making a total of nine hundred students (900). Same to select one hundred (100) academic staff each from the selected institution, making a total of six hundred (600). Total sample was one thousand and five hundred (1,500). Two self-designed questionnaires tagged Academic Staff and Educational Resource Situation Questionnaire (ASERSQ and Educational Resource Situation and Students’ Academic Performance Questionnaire (ERSSAPQ) were used to collect the analyzed data, using regression analysis at 0.05 level of significance. Findings revealed significant positive relationship between students' academic performance and laboratory equipment (r= 0.795, p<0.05); students' academic performance and instructional materials (r=0.954, p<0.05); students' academic performance and social amenities (r=0.318, p<0.05); students' academic performance and books and journals (r =0.840, p<0.05). Students' academic performance and adequate manpower (r = 0.878, p<0.05); students' academic performance and quality manpower (r=0.532, p<0.05); students' academic performance and manpower utilization (r=0.646, p<0.05); and students' academic performance and training and retraining (r = 0.708, p<0.05). Based on these findings, study recommended that governments and policy makers in these educational institutions should place emphasis on adequate provision ofthese germane educational resources in order to enhance students’ academic performance.