ABSTRACT
Recently various members of the society have raised an alarm on the low standard of education in Nigeria, high cost of food despite good quality soils as well as increased budgetary allocation for living has not improved in time with the variable mentioned above. From the findings this research it is observed, that agricultural science is not given the right and necessary attention it observed, for instance teachers who are the implementers of curriculum are faced with numerous problems, which include poor conditions of services, lack of incentives, frequency of industrial actions to back up the demand of better condition, among other problems. The study was conducted to investigated into the problem facing teachers of agricultural science in junior sections secondary schools in Nkanu west local Government Area. The data collected were analyzed using frequency distribution, which was converted to mean as to answer specific research questions. The following major findings were made viz;
Inadequate qualified agricultural teachers; inadequate agricultural science facilities; there is insufficient fund and poor attitude of teachers in the class which hampers effective teaching and learning of agricultural science.
LIST OF TABLES
1. Distribution of questionnaires to teachers teaching agricultural science in the eleven 11 secondary schools in Nkanu West Local Government.
2. Response on qualitative teachers available in required proportion for teaching of agricultural science in schools.
3. Response on adequate facilities for the teaching of agricultural science in schools.
4. Response on the necessary fund available for school practical agriculture.
5. Response on the level of discipline in schools adequate to warrant effective teaching and learning.
TABLE OF CONTENTS
CHAPTER ONE INTRODUCTION
BACKGROUND OF THE STUDY
STATEMENT OF THE PROBLEMS
PURPOSE OF THE STUDY
SIGNIFICANCE OF THE STUDY
SCOPE OF DELINEATION OF THE STUDY
RESEARCH QUESTION
CHAPTER TWO LITERATURE REVIEW
QUALITY OF TEACHERS
AVAILABILITY OF ADEQUATE FACILITIES
AVAILABILITY OF FUND FOR PRACTICAL AGRICULTURE
LEVEL OF DISCIPLINE IN SCHOOLS
CHAPTER THREE
THE RESEARCH METHODOLOGY
DESIGN OF THE STUDY
SAMPLE AND SAMPLING
METHOD OF DATA ANALYSIS
CHAPTER FOUR
PRESENTATION AND ANALYSIS OF DATA
RESEARCH QUESTION ONE
RESEARCH QUESTION TWO
RESEARCH QUESTION THREE
RESEARCH QUESTION FOUR
CHAPTER FIVE
DISCUSSION, CONCLUSION, IMPLICATION AND RECOMMENDATION
SUGGESTION FOR FURTHER STUDY
SUMMARY
REFERENCES
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