Teaching Aids as a Determinants of Academic Performance of Pupils in Oluyole Local Government Area, Oyo State

The purpose of the study was to assess the effect of teaching aids on academic performanceof the pupils in some primary schools in Oluyole Local Government of Oyo State. The studyexamined relationship between teaching aids and performance of pupils in the schools. Thestudy employed qualitative and quantitative approaches. Three research questionnaire andtwo null hypotheses guided the study. The hypotheses were raised to guide the study andtested to ascertain the effects of teaching on academic performance of the pupils. Theresearch instruments used for assessment of the students’ performance were interviews ofsocial study teachers, observations of students in classrooms and questionnaire. To ensurecontent, validity of research instrument, the questionnaire items were subjected to validation.Descriptive and inferential statistics such as simple percentages, frequency counts andregression analysis were used to analyse the data collected during the research project. Thestudy findings showed that teaching aids contribute a lot to students’ academic performancein public primary schools in Oluyole Local Government Area. In fact, teaching aids is animportant determinant of academic performance of school pupils in a school setting.The researcher recommended that the Ministry of Education (SUBEB) and other stakeholders should get the teachers the different types of teaching and learning aids for effectiveteaching and making learning permanent and interesting.