PERCEIVED IMPACT OF AVAILABILITY OF MATERIAL RESOURCES ON THE IMPLEMENTATION OF PHYSICAL EDUCATION PROGRAMMES IN NIGERIA’S COLLEGES OF EDUCATION

Abstract

This study examined the Perceived Impact of Availability of Material Resources on
the Implementation of Physical Education Programmes in Nigeria’s Colleges of
Education. The research design for the study was the survey (Ex-post-facto) research
design. The population of this study comprises all academic staff of Physical and
Health Education (N=720) in 90 public (31 Federal and 59 State Colleges of
Education) in Nigeria that offer Physical and Health Education programmes. For
the purpose of the study, forty-five 45 (50%) of the Colleges of Education that offer
the programme across the six (6) geo-political zones of Nigeria were selected as the
sample. Simple random sampling technique was used to select the sampled colleges
to give each College equal probability of being selected as well as being represented
in the study. A self-structured questionnaire was used for data collection. A 5-point
Likert-scale was used for the scoring of responses that were provided by
respondents. Mean (X) and standard deviation (SD) was used to analyse responses
to the research question, while Chi-square (x2) was used to test the null hypothesis at
0.05 level of significance. The study it found that availability of material resources
significantly impact on the successful implementation of Physical Education
programmes in Nigeria's Colleges of Education. The study recommends that the
material resources that are required for successful implementation of Physical
Education programmes in Nigeria’s Colleges of Education should be made available