Assessment of School Facilities and Challenges in Almajiri School, Gagi, Sokoto-Nigeria

School facilities play vital role in the actualisation of the educational goals and objectives by satisfying the physical and emotional needs of the staff and students of the school. The quality of education children received bear direct relevance to facilities made available and proper utilization. Thus, the study examines the availability of school facilities in Almajiri School, Gagi, Sokoto. The study adopts a quantitative research designed that focuses on survey design, where a sample of 175 was drawn out of 283 population comprising 23 staff and 152 students of Almjiri School, Gagi, Sokoto through random and proportionate sampling techniques. The instrument used for this study was Availability of School Facilities and Challenges Questionnaire (ASFCQ). The questionnaire items statement was analyzed individually based on simple frequency count and responses percentage. The findings indicated that the school building facilities, feeding facilities, laboratories facilities, health and sport facilities, teaching and learning materials and financial facilities were adequately provided. On the other hand the study revealed that, toilet facilities, adequate meal with balance diets, classrooms furniture, incentives and allowance for staff were not adequately provided as the challenges of provision of school facilities in the School. As a result of the findings the study concludes that, for Almajiri School Gagi to realise it educational goals and objectives adequate facilities should be made available. Upon the above conclusion the study recommends among others that: School should collaborate with Non-Governmental Organisations (NGOs), politicians, clerics, individuals and other philanthropists in the provision of school facilities; School management should ensure that toilets facilities are made adequate with regular water supply; Meal given to students should be improved and enough to ensure that it contain required balance diets; Adequate furniture should be made in classrooms for students comfort and maximum attention during lesson.