INFLUENCE OF USE OF MEDIA CENTRE RESOURCES ON STUDENTS' LEARNING OUTCOMES IN SCHOOLS IN JOS NORTH LOCAL GOVERNMENT AREA OF PLATEAU STATE, NIGERIA

Abstract

This paper examined the influence of use of media centre resources on students' learning outcomes in secondary schools in Jos North LGA of Plateau state, Nigeria. The paper adopted descriptive survey design. Purposive and simple random sampling were used to select the population of 285 students of JSSII classes of the 10 selected secondary schools in the study area. A self-structured questionnaire and observation checklist were used to collect data for the study. The data was analyzed using mean scores and standard deviation to answer research questions while Pearson's product moment correlation coefficient was used to test the hypothesis at 0.05 level of significance. It was found that, there are appreciable number of media resources available in the media centres in Jos North LGA. It was also found that, use of the resources have positive influence on learning outcomes and that, use of SMRc significantly influence the students' learning outcomes. Based on the findings of the study, it was recommended that, media centres in Jos North LGA of Plateau State should improve on their acquisition of media resources and allow for full utilization of these resources in different schools to allow for increased learning outcomes.