By Attah, Lawrence Ifeanyi
The main purpose of this study was to assess the sanitary conditions of primary schools in Nsukka Education Authority of Enugu State. The study was guided by four purposes, four research questions and four null hypotheses. The study adopted descriptive survey research design. The study was carried out in Nsukka Central Education Authority of Enugu State. The population of the study comprised of all the teachers in public primary schools in Nsukka Education authority. A total number of 582 respondents including teachers and head teachers constituted the population. A sample of 110 respondents were used for the study. A researcher constructed questionnaire titled Assessment of Sanitary Condition of Primary schools Environment Questionnaire (ASCPSQ), and interview schedule were used for collecting data for the study. The instruments were validated by three experts and based on their observations, criticisms and corrections, the research instruments were modified appropriately. The reliability of the ASCPSQ was established by trial testing it on a group of 20 primary school teachers in Igbo-Etiti local government area which is outside the area of the study. Estimates of internal consistency was computed for the instrument using Cronbach’s alpha and the overall reliability index of 0.85was obtained. Copies of ASCPSQ was administered by the researcher on the spot to the respondents with the help of three research assistants who were given one day training by the researcher on how to administer and retrieve the questionnaires from the respondents. Scores obtained from ASCPSQ were analyzed using mean (x) and standard deviation (SD) in order to provide answers for the research questions while the null hypotheses were tested using t- test statistic at 0.05 level of significance. The findings of the study among others showed that sanitary resources are rarely accessible in primary schools in Nsukka Central Education Authority. It was also found that sanitary resources are functional to a low extent and cleanliness is observed in primary schools in Nsukka central education authority to a low extent. The implication of the above findings were highlighted and it was recommended among others that since sanitary resources are rarely accessible in primary schools in Nsukka Central Education Authority, adequate number of sanitary resources should be provided in each primary school in Nsukka Education authority for easy accessibility. It was also recommended that the available sanitary resources should be maintained and properly taken care of by the school management and whoever is concern with the maintenance of sanitary conditions in the primary schools. The limitations of this study were highlighted and suggestions were made for further studies.