Abstract

School plant is very essential to achieving positive outcomes in the teaching-learning process. The school plant is the pillar and support of all teaching and learning activities. This simple fact has been noted to profoundly influence the acts of teaching and learning. This study investigated the influence of availability and utilization of school plant on students’ academic performance in senior secondary schools in Lagos State. Checklist research design was adopted in the study. Population was made up of one hundred and fifty-six (156) secondary schools in Ajeronmi Ifelodun Zone I of education district V of Lagos State. A checklist titled School Plant Availability Checklist (SPLAC) with a Cronbach’s alpha (ᾱ) of 0.73 was used in the study. Analysis of Covariance (ANCOVA) was used to test the hypotheses at 0.05 level of significance. The instruments were validated by experts. Descriptive statistics of mean was used to answer the research question and inferential statistics of ANCOVA was used to test the hypothesis at 0.05 level of significant influence on students’ academic performance in senior secondary school in Lagos State. (Fcal = 140.776; 342.606; 24.932, p<0.01). the R-squared coefficient (.892) showed that the components jointly predict 89.2% of any significant variation in students’ academic performance. It was recommended that the state government should adequately make available and utilization of the school plant necessary for school goal achievement.