School Facilities Maintenance Culture Prevalent in Public Primary Schools in Egor Local Government Area of Edo State

Abstract

This paper investigated school facilities maintenance culture in public primary schools in Egor Local Government Area of Edo State.  To achieve the purpose, four research questions were raised. The survey research design was employed to explore the issue.  The population consisted of the twenty-nine public primary schools in Egor Local Government Area. The sample for the study was 12 school heads drawn from the 12 sampled public primary schools in Egor Local Government Area, Edo state. A 20-item questionnaire was the instrument for data collection for the study.  The instrument was validated and the Cronbach alpha statistic was used to ascertain the reliability.  The data collected were analysed using mean and, standard deviation as well as independent sample t-test for the hypotheses test at 0.05 level of significance.  The findings of the study showed that the level of the maintenance culture of school facilities was low; and   there was no significant difference in the school maintenance culture of school facilities irrespective of gender, experience and location of public primary schools in Egor Local Government Area of Edo State.  Based on the findings, it was recommended that there should be training and retraining of school heads on effective maintenance of school facilities through seminars, workshops and conferences.