AVAILABILITY AND UTILIZATION OF SANITATION FACILITIES AMONG SECONDARY SCHOOLS STUDENTS IN KANO STATE

This research investigated the availability and utilization of sanitation facilities among
secondary schools students in Kano state. A descriptive survey design was used for the
study. The population of the study comprised senior secondary schools’ students with a
population of four hundred and fifty thousand four hundred and forty-four students
(450,444) in Kano state. The sample size used for the study was four hundred (400)
respondents. A multi-stage sampling procedure was used to select the sample for the study.
The instrument used for this study was a researcher designed questionnaire. It was
validated and standardized with a reliability of 0.80r. The questionnaires were distributed
to students with the help of 3 research assistants who are teachers of the schools and help
to retrieved back the filled questionnaires. Out of the four hundred questionnaires
administered, three hundred and ninety-one (391) were duly completed and returned,
Frequency counts and percentages were used to organize and described the demographic
characteristics of the respondents in section “A” of the questionnaire. Chi- square
statistics was used to test hypotheses 1and 2 while PPMC was used to test hypothesis 3 all
at 0.05 level of significance. The findings of the study revealed that Sanitation facilities
are available in senior secondary schools of Kano state. Sanitation facilities are not
properly utilized in senior secondary schools’ students of Kano state. There is strong
relationship between availability and utilization of sanitation facilities in senior secondary
schools. Therefore, it was recommended among others that, government and private
schools owners should ensure that sanitation facilities provided are utilized to reduce the
spread of diseases among the students.