The purpose of this research work is to examine the extent to which secondary schools utilize quality and adequate instructional materials in classrooms and how this has promoted academic performance of students especially in geography. This research was based on these objectives which include: to explore the views of teachers and students on the extent to which instructional facilities affect student performance, to examine the challenges that teachers in secondary school’s face in accessing instructional materials and to assess the strategies that teachers use to minimize the challenges of attaining and using quality instructional materials. The study adopted a cross sectional survey design. The study population involved a sample of Bukandula secondary school for data collection. In each school, 2 teachers and 5 students filled semistructured questionnaire. Also, the head teacher of Bukandula secondary school and the district education officer was be interviewed. From the findings, the number of teachers who utilized globe and pictures stood at 40% in each case which represents 40% of the teachers sampled. The least utilized materials were Radios, with 10% utilization. Also, 50% of the teachers utilized Charts in classrooms. In general, the utilization of instructional materials was below average, a clear indication that teachers in these institutions underutilized these resources.