Survey on Quality of School Sites and Locations of Lagos State Public Schools
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https://doi.org/10.53449/ije.v2i2.89Keywords:
adequacy of school plants, locations, environment, school accessibility, UNESCO prescriptions on school spacesAbstract
In this study, a survey on quality of school sites and locations of Lagos State public schools was carried out with specific focus on the level of availability of the facilities with reference to UNESCO prescriptions for school facilities supplemented with Commonwealth Department of Education. Two research questions were raised for the study. Forty-six (46) Schools were randomly sampled from 2 purposively selected educational districts of Lagos State. The study adopted a descriptive survey design because it was concerned with what was on ground and how they conformed to the standards expected of the facilities. The instrument used to collect data and establish the standard and quality of available of school sites/ locations in the sampled schools was Checklist of the Existing School Location and Site (CESLS), whose reliability was found to be 0.83. The data collected were analysed using simple percentages. The findings showed that 97.8% of Public Junior Secondary Schools in Lagos State were located at accessible areas. Between 73.9% and 89.1% of the school plants were averagely good in quality. However, about 37% - 41% of the schools sampled had poor topography, epileptic power supply and irregular water supply. Few of the schools were located far from noisy areas and external distraction. This falls short of UNESCO’s standard of 183 metres distance away from sources of noise. Between 32% and 52% of the schools were located close to sources of noise such as hotels, market areas and highways.
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