IMPACT OF INSTRUCTIONAL RESOURCES ON THE TEACHING AND LEARNING OF BUSINESS STUDIES IN JUNIOR SECONDARY SCHOOLS IN OVIA NORTH EAST LOCAL GOVERNMENT AREA OF EDO STATE

ABSTRACT

The study was carried out to ascertain the digitalization of instructional delivery as correlated to Junior secondary school student’s academic performance in Business Studies in Ovia North East Local Government Area, Edo State. Three (3) research questions guided the conduct of the study. A review of related literature was reviewed based on the research questions raised and variables in the study. A descriptive survey research design was adopted for the study. The population of the study comprised 3,319 male and female junior secondary school students in 13 public secondary schools in Ovia North East Local Government Area, Edo State. The sample of the study comprised of 209 male and female junior secondary school students selected through simple random sampling technique to represent the entire population in Ovia North East Local Government Area, Edo State. The instrument used for data collection was a structured questionnaire which was validated by three lecturers; one from the Department of Educational Psychology and Counselling and two others from Educational Measurement and Evaluation, all in Faculty of Education, University of Benin, Benin City, Edo State. Permission was obtained from the management of the selected secondary schools before the distribution of questionnaire to the respondents. The researcher administered 209 copies of the questionnaire to junior secondary school students in the selected schools in Benin City, Edo State. 198 copies of the instrument, representing 94.7% were retrieved and analyzed using mean and standard deviation statistics. Based on the analysis, the study found that there is a positive relationship between digitalized instructional delivery and students’ class participation, interest and motivation towards learning Business Studies which enhanced their academic performance in the subject in Ovia North East Local Government Area of Edo State. The study also found that certain factors such as lack of facilities, lack of expert knowledge, poor electricity supply, and poor maintenance culture among others affect the digitalization of instructional delivery in teaching Business Studies in Ovia North East Local Government Area of Edo. It was recommended among others that government should ensure that training and retraining of teachers for effective digitalized delivery of teaching to enhance students’ class participation for improved academic performance in Business Studies in Ovia North East Local Government Are of Edo State.