Analysis of Available Educational Facilities of Basic Technology in Junior Secondary/ Schools in Edo State Nigeria

AGBONGHALE GODWIN ONOSELEASE

This article examined the analysis of educational facilities of Basic Technology in Junior Secondary Schools Edo State, Nigeria. A research question was formulated to guide the study. Ten year secondary school students were used as a pilot of study while the checklist of facilities was adopted from the Ministry of Education Science, Technical and Vocational Division (2005)approved lists of tools/equipment in junior secondary schools and administered to the respondents, collected back and analyzed with percentages. The researcher employed survey research design. The results of the study showed there were grossly inadequate equipment/tools in various junior secondary schools in Edo State, Nigeria. The influence of educational facilities on junior secondary school students’ academic performance in Basic Technology was not encouraging but there is a ray of light in a dark tunnel and recommendations were proffered.