Abstract
The study investigated the influence of educational facilities on the teaching effectiveness of early
childhood education programme in Plateau State. Descriptive survey research design of
correctional type was adopted. Stratified random sampling technique was used to select
750 respondents out of population of proprietors, parents, teachers, district school supervisors,
educational secretaries, and community leaders. Researchers’ self-design instruments tagged
Educational Facilities Checklist (EFC) used to collect relevant data. The data collected was on the
availability, improvisation and maintenance culture in the rural and urban early childhood
education centres. While Teacher’s Effectiveness Questionnaire (TEQ) was used to survey the
teachers effectiveness indicators like parental patronage transition to the primary education, pupils’
performance. The instruments are validated by the experts in educational administration, early
childhood education and technology education. Test-retest reliability method. The data collected
was subjected to spearman ranking order statistics. The reliability index of .78 showed that
instrument is reliable for use. Three research question and five hypotheses were formulated to
guide the study. Pearson Product Moment Correlation Statistics was used to test hypotheses 1,2,3
and 5 while hypotheses four was tested using t-test statistics at .05 significant level. The results
show that high significant relationship between the educational facilities availability, utilization,
improvisation and maintenance culture and teaching effectiveness of early childhood education
programme in Plateau, significant difference existed in the educational facilities availability in the
rural and urban early child education centres. It was recommended that the provision of educational
facilities for effective teaching-learning process in Plateau is a sole responsibility of everyone in the
community. Teachers need to be trained in areas of improvisation and utilization of educational
facilities. The recommendation will order to enhance teaching-effectiveness of the early childhood
education programme in Plateau State, Nigeria.
Ogundele Michael Olarewaju, Dorcas Tabitha Wusa Ajayi, Tafiya Stephen Daniel. (2017) Managing Educational Facilities for Teaching Effectiveness of Early Childhood Education Programme in Plateau State, Nigeria, Journal of Elementary Education, Volume-27, Issue-1.
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