
Table 6 indicated that the calculated r value of .712 was greater than the table value of 0.195 at 0.05 level of significance. Thus, the null hypotheses which states that there is no significant relationship between availability of learning facilities and student academic performance. This means that availability of learning facilities influences students’ academic performance.
To buttress this fact, Becher (2013) maintained that investment and improving quality of instructional materials have positive effects on participation and achievement in certain situations, programmed, instructional materials and electronic educational technologies. This enhance learning and efficiency, especially in offsetting the negative effects of multigrade classrooms, large class size and inadequately trained teachers. Clarke & Apfel (2010) posited that efficiency can be achieved by utilizing educational buildings, and equipment more intensively, improving the use of learners time and providing appropriate instructional materials for learners and instructors, such measures may actually reduce per unit cost or they may lead to be her leaning achievement for investment.
Ho3: There is no significant relationship between learning environment and students’ academic performance in senior secondary schools in Ilorin metropolis.