The place of school learning resources in supporting effectiveness in basic schools cannot be underestimated. It was against this backdrop that this study was conducted to examine basic schools learning resources and effectiveness in Egbeda Local Government Area, Oyo State, Nigeria. The study adopted a descriptive research design. The population of the study comprised of all the 36 basic schools in Egbeda Local Government. Twelve basic schools were selected using a stratified sampling technique. The same sampling technique was used to select 15 teachers in the each school. Researcher-designed instruments titled “School Learning Resources Questionnaire” (SLRQ) and “Basic School Effectiveness Questionnaire” (BSEQ) were used for data collection in this study. The validity and the reliability of the instruments were ascertained and the co-efficient of reliability was 0.88. Findings showed that there was a significant relationship between basic schools learning resources and effectiveness in Egbeda Local Government Area, Oyo State, Nigeria. (r =.402; p<.05). Based on the findings, it was recommended, among other things, that learning resources (human, material, physical and financial) should be adequately supplied to basic schools for effectiveness to be achieved.

The main aim of this study was to find out and compare the extent of preparedness of pedagogical workers from selected basic schools for the occurrence and solving of bullying at school. A total of 128 teachers (106 women and 22 men), 10 headmasters and 10 educational consultants from five healthy schools and five control basic schools participated in this research. The quantitative and qualitative methods were both used. In comparison with the pedagogical workers from the control schools, the pedagogical workers from the healthy schools proved to be better prepared for the occurrence and solving of bullying only in some of the examined areas of our research. In the area of intervention skills and strategies of solving the initial stages of bullying, in both target groups significant deficiencies were identified. Their elimination should be the centre of interest in future research. Recommendations and suggestions for further research related to school bullying are discussed at the end of this study.