EFFECTS OF INADEQUATE EDUCATIONAL RESOURCES ON TEACHING AND LEARNING CHALLENGES FOR ACADEMIC EXCELLENCE.

The thrust of this paper is that, a well planned and an integrated approach should be adopted in the development of educational resources so as to bring about Academic Excellence. It is the belief of the researcher that the establishment and utilization of educational resource centre in the schools will offer one of the best possibilities for effective teaching and learning, if well equipped and utilized. The paper therefore looked into what and how Educational Reference Centres (ERC) should be, to achieve the objectives and also conclude that each school should play a conspicuous role in the development of Educational Resource Centres (ERC) for effective academic excellence.