Use Of School Library And Academic Performance Of Senior Secondary School In Andoni Lga Of Rivers State

Use Of School Library And Academic Performance Of Senior Secondary School In Andoni Lga Of Rivers State

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INTRODUCTION

1.1 The Study’s Background

The complete collection of books and other learning resources available at a school is referred to as the library. The library, according to Adeyemi (2010), is a collection of a variety of educational and instructional materials that are kept in one place, centrally organized, and indexed to aid readers. In addition to books and journals, R.A. Egunjobi (2006) asserts that a library also contains non-print items including movies, slides, and audiotapes. These resources can be divided into two groups: human and material. Human resources include the librarian and other support staff, as well as physical resources like books, magazines, CD-ROMs, and dissertation abstracts. Busayo I.O. (2011) views the school library as the hub of learning resources in any school. A school library is a physical and digital learning space where reading, research, inquiry, critical thinking, creativity, and imagination are essential to students’ access to information, their pursuit of knowledge, and their development on a personal, social, and cultural level. The School Media Centre, the Centre for Documentation and Information, the Library Resource Centre, and other names are also used to refer to this physical and digital location. However, the term “school library” is the one that describes the organization and its functions the best. It functions as a center for self-improvement and for services. It serves as the center of attention for solitary study in classrooms (Adeyemi, 2010). Sanusi (2001) asserts that secondary schools need effective and relevant libraries to help them achieve their goals.

These libraries’ main goal is to assist students by offering reading and study materials in order to achieve the objective of producing luminaries who are well-shaped in their respective disciplines.

Libraries are among the most crucial educational services, and every State Ministry of Education should give funding for the construction of school libraries and the employment of library assistants, claim Ogunbote and Odunewu (2008).

It goes without saying that students’ academic success in college depends on the availability and utilization of modern, well-equipped school libraries. The explanations are plausible. A fantastic library with adequate staffing, resources, and funding can result in higher student performance regardless of the socioeconomic or educational status of the community’s adults (Ogundele & Moronfoye, 2013). Similar to this, Ogundele and Moronfoye (2013) contend that school libraries can enhance students’ sense of self-worth, confidence, independence, and responsibility for their own learning. The school library plays a crucial role in education because it establishes the groundwork for learning, offers knowledge that can enhance people’s lives, motivates students to learn and perform better, and gives them the self-assurance to look up information on their own at different levels. School libraries enhance teaching and learning throughout the school while also enhancing students’ comprehension and performance.

Todd and Kuhlthau (2004) underline that school libraries help students access information, keep organized, and provide support to deal with personal difficulties or issues, making them better learners on the same topic of the impact of libraries on student performance. In order to close achievement disparities and support at-risk kids on their pathways to success, school libraries are essential. In light of the aforementioned, the goal of this study is to evaluate the academic performance and library use of senior secondary students.

1.2 Description Of The Issue

The productive and vital functions played by libraries have been hindered in the majority of public secondary schools in Nigeria, despite the libraries’ unwavering importance to students’ academic performance. Students’ use or lack of use of the school libraries has an impact on their educational success. Unfortunately, the majority of students, both in secondary and higher school, are unaware of the value of using libraries to improve their academic performance. This is due to the fact that many students lack the will to study, while others lack the necessary understanding on how to seek or identify the books they need. The widespread student failure in the nation’s internal and external examinations is a result of the threat of insufficient library use. Additionally, the fact that most library employees treat obedient students poorly because they appear inexperienced and lack experience with library attendance has contributed to students’ insufficient library use.

Above all, the issue of insufficient funding for libraries by the relevant authorities has led to a lack of secondary school libraries and, where they are present, inadequate material resources because the majority of the resources are out-of-date and useless to pupils.

Thus, the aforementioned serves as the study’s context because the essay examines how kids use the school library and their academic success.

The aforementioned so serve as the context for this study, which attempts to assess pupils’ academic achievement and use of the school library.

1.3 Study’s Objective

This study’s main goal is to assess how secondary school students perform academically and how they use their school libraries. The study’s specific goal is to ascertain whether students’ use of the school library facilities has a favorable effect on their academic achievement.

examining the frequency with which secondary school pupils use the school libraries

Discuss the elements that affect secondary schools’ ability to provide adequate access to school libraries.

1.4 Research Proposition

A hypothesis is a speculative experimental claim demonstrating the association between two or more variables. It is subject to testing, and based on whether it agrees or disagrees with the statistical test, it may be accepted or denied.

The veracity of the following claim will be investigated in the study:

H01: Students’ academic performance is unaffected by their usage of the school library’s resources.

H02: Few pupils in secondary schools make use of the on-campus libraries.

1.5 Importance Of The Research

Teaching students the value of school libraries in enhancing academic performance and achieving high academic achievement in their academic careers is one of the main objectives of this research. This is due to the fact that if pupils generally adopted a reading culture and utilized the school’s library resources, their academic achievement would increase and the school system’s allegedly lax academic standards would be addressed.

Teachers would also gain from this research since it would increase their knowledge of the relationship between students’ use of libraries and their academic success at school. The study’s findings and recommendations would also give library staff members the knowledge they need to help them modify some of the unfavorable attitudes and demeanors that discourage kids from using the library for reading or studying.

Finally, this study will provide information for students and scholars who might do research on relevant subjects.

1.6 Study’s Purpose

The purpose of this small study was to ascertain whether students’ use of school libraries has a positive effect on their academic performance. It also looked into the frequency with which secondary school students use school libraries and discussed the factors influencing the adequate availability of school libraries there. The study is therefore restricted to senior secondary schools in the Andoni LGA of Rivers State.

1.7 Study Restrictions

The researcher encountered a number of obstacles while conducting this study, including time constraints, budgetary limitations, language issues, and respondents’ attitudes. To assure the success of this investigation, the researcher was able to overcome these obstacles.

1.8 Term Definitions

A library is a structure or room that houses collections of books, journals, and occasionally movies and music CDs that the general public or members of an institution can use or borrow.

A school library is an information center that is housed inside of a school where tasks like locating and gathering, processing, organizing, storing, protecting, retrieving, and disseminating information relevant to the needs of students are carried out in order to meet their evolving information needs.

Academic performance is the end result of a student’s learning activities over the course of a formal educational experience.

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