Evaluation of Availability and Adequacy of State Universal Basic Education Library Resources in Primary schools in South West, Nigeria
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2024-12
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Lead City University, Ibadan
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Education is developmental instrument that is dedicated to and societal development. Reading is indispensable tools that form an integral part of any learning situation. Over the years, the effectiveness of SUBEB in meeting the educational needs of the learner remains uncertain. The study evaluated the availability and adequacy of State Universal Basic Education Library Resources in Primary Schools in Southwest, Nigeria; examined if teachers and pupils are aware of SUBEB library resources and its uses; investigated the level of adequacy of SUBEB library resources in primary schools; ascertained the challenges mitigating the success of SUBEB library resources in primary schools in Southwest; and determined the ways to improve SUBEB library resources in primary schools. These were with the main aim of evaluating the level of availability and adequacy of state universal basic education library services in primary schools in Southwest, Nigeria. Descriptive Survey research design was adopted. The population was made up of all pupils and teachers from public primary schools in Southwest Nigeria. The study population is made up of all pupils and teachers from primary schools in Southwest Nigeria. A total of 2,065 respondents formed the sample for this study; consisting of 179 teachers and 1886 pupils, randomly selected, formed the sample for the study. Two self-developed research instruments titled; State Universal Basic Education Library Services Questionnaire for Teachers (UBELSQ) and State Universal Basic Education Library Services Questionnaire for Pupil (UBELPQ) were used in the study. The data collected with the research instruments were analysed using appropriate descriptive, inferential statistics. The findings of the study showed that most of the SUBEB library resources were moderately available (2.49-3.00); the level of Teachers’ and pupils awareness of SUBEB Library resources and uses were high (44.7%) and moderate (30.1%) respectively; the level of adequacy of SUBEB library resources in view of pupils was found to be moderately adequate ( weighted average 2.88). The challenges mitigating against the success of SUBEB Library resources were found to be enormous; unconducive environment ( ?ത =3.22), pupils cannot read for a long time ( ?ത =3.03), poor parental guidance (?ത=2.92), need to introduce ICT in primary school libraries (?ത=2.89) in that descending order, showing there are a lot of challenges. New books (according to pupils) should be provided in the libraries (?ത=3.45) and automated library management (?ത=3.40) according to the teachers. There was a significant association between teachers’ awareness and availability of SUBEB library resources (p<0.05). There was no significant difference between pupils’ awareness and availability of SUBEB library resources based on teachers’ gender (p>0.05). There was no difference between pupils’ awareness and availability of SUBEB library resources based on pupils’ gender (p>0.05).
Keywords: State Library Resources, Availability and Adequacy of Library Resources, Public Primary Schools, Universal Basic Education Library (UBEC)
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State Library Resources, Availability and Adequacy of Library Resources, Public Primary Schools, Universal Basic Education Library (UBEC)
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Kate Turabia