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• TITLE: Assessing Users’ Perceptions of the Current Maintenance Disorder of Public Secondary School in Ogun, Nigeria

  AUTHORS: Oladunni Oluwatoyin Izobo-Martins, Eghosa Noel Ekhaese, Emmanuel Olakunle Ayo-Vaghan, Abiodun Olukayode Olotuah

  KEYWORDS: Users’ Perceptions, Measuring Perceptions, Maintenance, Maintenance Condition, Public Secondary School

  JOURNAL NAME: Journal of Building Construction and Planning Research, Vol.6 No.2, June 28, 2018

  ABSTRACT: The challenges facing public schools are multifaceted and include: teachers dissatisfaction, non-commitment of educators, chronic absenteeism by educators, low morale, poor work ethics by educators, late coming of both educators and learners, overcrowding in classes, lack of technical resources and many more. A cursory investigation of public secondary school buildings in Ado-Odo/Ota L.G.A shows its deplorable conditions of structural, aesthetical and decorative disrepair. Therefore the paper focused on examining users “perception of the present deplorable physical condition and neglect of public secondary school. The study engaged the use of quantitative method of analysis, employing the use of questionnaire administered randomly and distributed face-to-face to targeted despondences”. The result of findings revealed performance/productivity of building users depends largely on working and learning condition of building. The outcomes of the research would help policy makers, facilities maintenance experts and professionals alike to device a policy for regular maintenance of public building in other to enhance performance and increase productivity amongst users.