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ABSTRACT
The purpose of this research work is to examine the extent to which the selected public schools in Egor Local Government Area of Edo State utilize quality and adequate instructional materials in classrooms and how this has promoted the academic performance of students.
The aims of the study were to find the out of extent to which the selected public secondary in Egor Local Government Area of Edo State utilize quality and adequate instinct materials and how it had promoted academic performance and also the challenges that teachers in public secondary schools face in accessing instructional materials.
The study employed survey method with questionnaire as a tool to elicit response from respondents, from a sample size of one hundred and thirty-eight (138) respondents. The following were finding of the study: first, instructional material are the key to teachers and students performance. Secondly, most public secondary schools in Egor Local Government Area of Edo State suffer shortage of essential teaching and learning materials. Thirdly, the study revealed that teachers used different strategies to minimize the challenges of attaining and using quality instructional materials like borrowing books and improvisation. The study recommends that the government should budget sufficient funds for improving the availability of instructional materials in all secondary schools. For further research, this study proposes that aspects of how teachers and students use instructional materials for effective teaching and learning processes need to be examined.
