Survey dataset of building user-perceptions on the condition of public secondary school buildings in Ogun State Nigeria

In this data article, questionnaire was administered to public secondary school teachers to investigate user-perceptions of the prevailing deterioration condition of the school buildings, in Ogun State, Nigeria. The condition of some factors such as, roof, paints, floor, walls, windows, doors, electrical, plumbing, toilets, WC, pipes, drains were the investigated variables. The data presented here are the opinion of the respondents. Through this research, it was discovered that most of the academic building of public secondary school of our study area were not properly managed and poorly maintained as a result of insufficient fund for maintenance and lack of maintenance culture.


a b s t r a c t
In this data article, questionnaire was administered to public secondary school teachers to investigate user-perceptions of the prevailing deterioration condition of the school buildings, in Ogun State, Nigeria. The condition of some factors such as, roof, paints, floor, walls, windows, doors, electrical, plumbing, toilets, WC, pipes, drains were the investigated variables. The data presented here are the opinion of the respondents. Through this research, it was discovered that most of the academic building of public secondary school of our study area were not properly managed and poorly maintained as a result of insufficient fund for maintenance and lack of maintenance culture.
& It informs the government of the urgency in the maintenance needs of the public secondary school buildings.
It revealed that majority of public secondary school buildings were old and few are middle aged buildings.
The data may serve as a means of educating architects, who are designers of these school buildings, on the present condition of public school buildings.
This data might offer insight on how to know and detect school buildings that are due for renovations.

Data
The data for this article were obtained from the survey research conducted in thirty-seven public secondary schools in Ogun state, Nigeria. It involves distribution of questionnaires to school principals and teachers who are users of the buildings. The questionnaire elicits responses on the present building conditions and expectations of the users in other to improve the teaching and learning performance of the students. The questionnaire also examined the length of stay of buildings in public secondary school, age of the public secondary schools involve in the research, most deteriorated academic building, deterioration factors from the user's perception, floor condition of the public school buildings and condition of water pipes in the public secondary schools.

Length of stay of buildings in public secondary school
Statistical summary of the length of stay of buildings in public secondary school available in our study area is presented in Table 1 below. It is discovered that length of stay of most of the buildings in public secondary schools in Ogun state examined for this research falls within 1 to 4 years. This suggests that, most of the buildings are newly built. The bar chart for the data is presented in Fig. 1.

Age of public secondary schools
Statistical summary of the age distribution (in terms of years they are established) of each of the schools involved in our research is presented in Table 2 below. It is discovered that most of the schools falls within 31 to 40 years and less than 20 years.
Bar chart for the distribution is presented in Fig. 2.

Most deteriorated academic building
Data on the most deteriorated academic building from our study area was collected and the statistical summary of the data is presented in Table 3 below. The result shows that buildings that are used for  classroom are the most deteriorated. This could be as result of the frequent use of the building. The bar chart for the Table 3 is presented in Fig. 3.

Deteriorating factors from the users' perception
We examined factors that could be accounting for the deterioration of buildings from public schools in Ogun state from the users' perspective. It was discovered that lack of maintenance as a result of insufficient fund for maintenance is the most significant factor. The result is presented in Table 4 below. The bar chart for the table is also presented in Fig. 4.

Walls condition of buildings in public secondary schools in Ogun State
Statistical summary of the condition of the walls of buildings from our study area is presented in Table 5. It is discovered that non-structural cracks is common among the schools used for our study. Bar chart for the distribution presented in Table 5 is presented in Fig. 5.

Condition of windows in the school buildings
Statistical summary of the condition of windows in the school used for our research is presented in Table 6 below. It is discovered that most of the windows has no louvre blades. Bar chart for the table presented in Fig. 6.

Condition of doors in the academic buildings
Statistical summary for the condition of doors of all buildings that were used for our research is presented in Table 7 below. It is discovered that most of the buildings that were involved in this research work do not have doors again. Bar chart for the Table 7 is presented in Fig. 7.

Condition of water pipes in the public school in Ogun State
We examined the condition of water pipes in the public secondary schools building that used for this research and the result is presented in Table 8 below. It is discovered that most of the water pipes of all the school buildings that were used for our research had broken down. Bar chart for the distribution is presented in Fig. 8.