Use Of Instructional Material And Its Effects On The Academic Achievement Of Students
[A CASE STUDY OF ENUGU STATE COLLEGE OF EDUCATION TECHNICAL]

BACKGROUND OF THE STUDY

Education is as old as man. It starts when man is born. He starts learning how to suck breast milk. The mother guides him or her to drink water eats food and does certain things.

Education is very important to the life of human because it is the master key for national growth and economic development. It takes decisions depending on the learner’s change of behavior.

The man who experiences and internalizes or understands what he has experienced is said to have learned. The man, who has learned, has acquired some sort of education. This education is a continuous process. Man experiences new knowledge beginning from birth until the end of his life. It can therefore be easily seen that when he was in the house, he interacts with the parents  and  little  ones  in order to learn. When an individual is 

been educated well, starting from day one (i.e when he was born). It will be easy for him to have a very wide experience of what is been taught to him. 

Also according to Peter R.C. (1972) “Education” is the transmission of what is worth to individual to make him knowledgeable and contributing member of the society. It is all round development of person, physically, intellectually, morally and spiritually. Even with all the effort of the educationally standard of Nigeria, technical education is still not been treated as it is supposed because of Non-governmental issues.

According to the National policy on education (2004) “Technical education is that aspect of educational process involving the addition on general education. The study of technologies and related sciences had made the educational standard to be rich. One understands that teaching students, involves the use of instructional materials. This instructional materials helps in the practical works of the learners. It facilitates learning in education. It involves a lot of practical works.

Due to the economic male down of the country, the education of the (technical education schools) has gone down. The level of it is now been reduced. It reduces the view which people have for the education. Because of this economic male down, it makes it impossible for the technical schools to produce qualified teachers. Even qualified candidates are not been produced. 

Industry also finds it impossible for them to have a well trained student in the country. The use of instructional materials equally helps the students to learn. Governments and individuals regard Technical education as education of the poor. Wretched and handicapped students who cannot do academic work, technical education also helps the students to learn. This project takes an in-depth look into the major causes of low standard of education in Enugu State college of Education (Technical). This is the use of instructional materials and it effects are been treated or applied.