A Pre-requisite for Better Students’ Academic Outcomes: Physical Facilities’ Conditions and Teachers’ Commitment in Cape Coast Senior High Schools

As time passed, the focus of nations’ economic and social development in this current dispensation has been centered on students’ academic outcomes. Hence, proper planning and systematic and holistic approaches should be implemented in the education field. This goal cannot be achieved without the efforts and involvement of committed teachers and physical facilities conditions. However, an attempt made by the Government of Ghana through the Ministry of Education and the Ghana Education Service to improve and maintain teachers’ commitment to ensuring a low retention rate has paid little or no attention to physical facilities’ conditions that undermine quality education. Given this, the study aimed to determine the relationship between physical facilities’ conditions and teachers’ commitment to senior high schools. The study utilized a descriptive survey design.Top of Form A sample size of 297 teachers completed a questionnaire to determine their commitments whilst an observational checklist was employed to evaluate the conditions of the facilities. Version 23.0 of the Statistical Product and Service Solution (SPSS) was employed to conduct a statistical analysis of the data. The study indicated a positive strong correlation between good physical facilities and teachers’ commitment. The study suggests that the Cape Coast Metro Office should allot a portion of its annual budget to the Cape Coast Education Directorate to provide good physical facilities and also maintain the existing ones for senior high schools in the Metropolis to positively influence teachers’ commitment to work to ensure better students’ academic outcome because physical facilities’ conditions improves teachers’ commitment which in turn commensurate better students’ academic outcome.