The Effects of Educational inputs on Wastage in Secondary Schools in Meme Division: Appraisal from the Perspective of Infrastructural Resources

This study titled "The Effects of Educational inputs on Wastage in Secondary Schools in Meme Division: Appraisal from the Perspective of Infrastructural Resources" is based on the problem of educational wastage in school establishments. The general objective was to establish the relation between school infrastructure and wastage in secondary schools in Meme Division of the South west Region of Cameroon. One research question was posed to examine the issue under investigation. Being a quantitative study, the survey research design was used. The target population constituted 362 secondary school principals in the South west Region of Cameroon. A questionnaire on educational infrastructural inputs was used to collect data, and data obtained was analyzed using frequencies, percentages, means and standard deviation. The Chi "“square test was used to test hypotheses at 0.5level of significance The findings revealed that 5 schools always have school library, 8 schools sometime have school library, 40 schools often have school library and 13 schools never have school library. It was found that a linear and positive relationship exist between schools library and schools repetition as confined by the result of the test hypothesis testing. From the study, it shows that x2 calculated (8.11) > X2 table value (7.92). This means that when school library available, school wastage reduces. This result agrees with the result of a research done by Ekoka & al, (2011) who demonstrated that library has a positive impact on student's achievement. Students that have access to a well =supported school library media specialist scored higher in school. The item testing the relationship between availability of school barrier and school repetition did not show any linear relationship with school repetition. This means that the presence of school barriers does not influence the rate of repetition. The item testing the availability of school toilet and school repetition revealed that 12 schools always have toilet let 15 schools sometimes have toilet and 38 schools always have toilet. It was also found that there is no positive relationship between the availability of toilet and school repetition. It was therefore concluded that educational infrastructural inputs have a significant role in wastage and must not be neglected. Based on the outcome of the study, recommendations were made. Lontchi Madeleine"The Effects of Educational inputs on Wastage in Secondary Schools in Meme Division: Appraisal from the Perspective of Infrastructural Resources" Published in International Journal of Trend in Scientific Research and Development (ijtsrd), ISSN: 2456-6470, Volume-2 | Issue-5 , August 2018, URL: http://www.ijtsrd.com/papers/ijtsrd18224.pdf http://www.ijtsrd.com/humanities-and-the-arts/education/18224/the-effects-of-educational-inputs-on-wastage-in-secondary-schools-in-meme-division-appraisal-from-the-perspective-of-infrastructural-resources/lontchi--madeleine