SCHOOL DEVELOPMENT PLANNING AS PREDICTOR OF STUDENTS’ ACADEMIC PERFORMANCE IN PUBLIC SECONDARY SCHOOLS IN ILORIN METROPOLIS, NIGERIA

Shittu Afeez Adeshina, Medupin Abiodun Johnson and Oladejobi Janet Oluwakemi

Abstract

School development planning plays important role towards attainment of educational goals. This study was conducted to investigate school development planning as predictor of students’ academic performance in public secondary schools in Ilorin Metropolis, Nigeria. It adopted descriptive survey of correlational type. Two hundred respondents were used for the study.  School Development Planning Questionnaire and Students’ Academic Performance Proforma (SAPP) were used for data collection.  A research question was raised and answered to guide the conduct of the study. Four research hypotheses were formulated and tested using inferential statistics of Pearson product moment correlation statistic at 0.05 level of significance.  Findings showed that financial resources planning, physical facilities planning and human resources planning had significant relationship with students’ academic performance   in public secondary schools Ilorin Metropolis, Nigeria. Based on the findings, it was recommended among others that government should endeavor to improve on funds allocation for the procurement of teaching resources. This will go a long way to improve the quality of education and ensure that enough teaching resources are provided in schools. Professional development programmes should be organized for teachers through human resources planning in order to increase their knowledge and provide adequately for teachers motivational factors

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