STUDENTS' PERSONNEL LIBRARY SERVICES AND SUSTAINABLE SECONDARY EDUCATION IN CALABAR EDUCATION ZONE OE CROSS RIVER STATE, NIGERIA By Onabe, D. B. & Akpan, C. P. Abstract The study investigated students’ personnel library services and sustainable secondary education in Calabar Education Zone of Cross River State. To achieve this purpose, one null hypothesis was generated to direct the study. Survey research design was adopted for the study. Stratified random sampling technique was used to sample seven hundred and ten (710) senior secondary two (SS11) students out of a population of 6131 students for the study. The Students’ Personnel Library Services and Sustainable Secondary Education Questionnaire (SPLSSSEQ) was the instrument used for data collection. The instrument was validated by experts in Measurements and Evaluation in the University of Calabar. The reliability coefficients of the instrument ranged from 0.71 to 0.86 using Cronbach reliability method. Pearson Product Moment Correlation statistical technique was used for data analysis and the hypothesis was tested at .05 level of significance. The result of the study revealed that students’ personnel library services significantly related with sustainable secondary education in terms of learning environment, instructional strategies and curriculum relevance. Premised on this finding, it was recommended that both the government and school administrators should ensure that adequate students’ personnel library services are provided to enhance sustainable secondary education. Keywords: Students' personnel library services, Sustainable secondary education. Introduction Education plays a very significant and crucial role in the development of human resources in any country. It simply means preparation for life. This entails that education is the preparation for every aspect of living, for the satisfaction of people's material needs, the growth of their personal talents as well as their personal characters (Eke, 2003). The development of any nation can be attributed to the skills, abilities and competencies acquired and utilized by the people for the growth of the nation (Akpan, 2008). These skills and competences are acquired through education which in Nigeria is viewed as an instrument par-excellence for effecting national development (Federal Republic of Nigeria-FRN. 2013). United Nations Education Scientific and Cultural Organization-(UNESCO, 2003) proclaimed the years 2005-2015 as the World Decade of Education for Sustainable Development. With this declaration, sustainability has become the key goal in the 21st century. Sustainability in the context of this study means the ability of the secondary school system to survive particularly in this era of global competitiveness by means of renewal resources to reach their potentials. It involves the capacity of secondary schools to continue to exist and maintain their relevance at all times. This means that sustainable development is a process in which the exploitation of students' personnel library resources, direction of investment towards the provision of these services and institutional changes are all in harmony and enhance both current and future potentials to meet human's needs and aspirations. Education for sustainable development is relevant to learning at all levels including secondary education and has to be integrated into the teaching-learning process at all levels. Secondary schools have been speculated to be dysfunctional as a result of several problems both within and outside the school system (Otomewo, 2011). In Calabar Education Zone of Cross River State, the proper and result-oriented Students' Personnel Library Services and Sustainable Secondary Education in Calabar Education Zone in Cross River State. Nigeria Onabe, D. B. & Akpan. C. P Education For Today. Vol. 12 (2) Sept., 2016 Pg.88 Journal of Faculty of Education University of Calabar