Availability and Utilization of Instructional Media: A case Study of Public Secondary Schools in Nassarawa Local Government Area of Kano State

Abstract

This study investigated the Availability and Utilisation of Instructional Media in Public Secondary Schools in Nassarawa Local Government Area of Kano State. The study cut-across all 26 public secondary schools in the study area. The major objectives of the study were to find out the Instructional media available in public secondary schools in Nassarawa L.G.A; to examine whether students are aware of the Instructional media in the schools; to determine how ICT facilities are utilized by staffsin the schools; and to identify the challenges associated with the utilization of Instructional media in the schools under the study. The study adopted qualitative research and employed a narrative-based research design. The study also adopted semi-structured interviews and observation as the instruments for data collection. The result of the study revealed that; the schools acquire Instructional media such as desktops, printers, and speakers; it also identified that sources of the Instructional Media in the schools comprises of Government, Non-Governmental Organizations, School management, Parent-Teacher Associations, and Donations from community; the study also identified that instructional media are utilzed during practicals as well as keeping school records, during meetings, quizzes, and presentations, among others; it has also divulged that, challenges such as inadequate fund, lack of ICT facilities, insufficient power supply, were major barriers to the effective utilization of instructional media in the school studied. The study recommended that; all stakeholders including not limited to government agencies, professional bodies and associations and donor agencies, community-based associations, and individual philanthropists should provide adequate Instructional media for effective teaching and learning in Government Secondary Schools in Nassarawa Local Government Area of Kano State in this 21st century where the application of ICT in human endeavors is demanded