THE IMPACT OF TEACHING AND LEARNING RESOURCES AND STUDENT PERFORMANCE IN SELECTED SCHOOLS IN BUSOLWE TOWN COUNCIL IN BUTALEJA DISTRICT

ABSTRACT.

The study was designed to establish the impact of teaching and learning resources in selected

schools ofBusoiwe town council in Butalega district. The objectives ofthe study include: to assess

the accessibility of teaching and learning resources, to explore types of teaching and learning

resources being used and to exanhine the relationshi~., between Teaching and learning resources

and student perjörmance. Simple random andpurposive sampling was used in collecting ofdata,

the sample size was drawn from four schools in Busolwe town council and 40 respondents were

given questionnaires, the researcher used observation to collect other data, data presentation and

analysis was done in tab ala and graphic format using numbers, percentage and description. The

study revealed that libramy and science lab are the accessed resources in the visited schools, it

also came up with the used teaching and learning resources being non-projected say chalkboard,

charts and graphs, maps among others. The study showed that teaching and learning resources

determine students ‘performance as they lead to motivation, observation ofreality and elimination

ofboredom.

Inclusion according to researcher teaching and learning resources determine students’

performance in schools but due to limited resources proved in findings and reliance on traditional

Teaching and learning resources like blackboards end up constraining performance.

According to the established jIndings the researcher recommended the government to extend

resources on government schools and also organize in-service trainingfor teachers to learn how

to use Teaching and learning resources

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