Assessment of School Plant Maintenance Practices in Renovated Public Secondary Schools in Edo State

Abstract

This study is an assessment of school plant maintenance practices in renovated public secondary schools in Edo state. Three research questions were raised to guide the study. Sixteen (16) schools across the three Senatorial districts of Edo State which constituted 20% of the 82 renovated schools from 2009 to 2017 were sampled for the study. A Questionnaire titled ‘School Plant Maintenance Practices Questionnaire’ (SPMPQ) was used to collect data from the sampled schools. The Mean and Standard deviation, Simple percentages and Frequency were used for analysis. The findings of the analysis revealed that the extent of observance of school plant maintenance in renovated public secondary schools in Edo State is high, the prevalent school maintenance practice is emergency maintenance practice and government do not provide maintenance funds. It was therefore recommended that, though the high rate of observance of maintenance practices was found to be high, these were more of repair maintenance practices. Preventive maintenance practices should be adopted by school heads; this way, a breakdown is prevented before they occur. To be able to do this, it was recommended that government should as a matter of policy, provide adequate funds for a holistic maintenance of school plant.

Keywords: Assessment, School Plant, Maintenance Practices, Renovated Public Secondary Schools