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Influence Of Availability And Adequacy Of Agricultural Science Teachers On The Performance Of Secondary School Student In Gombe State
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1.2 Statement of the Problem
Many
of the school authorities have very lukewarm attitudes over the
provision of needed tools, equipment, and farm inputs required for
effective agricultural science, especially practical in secondary
schools. This non-challant attitude tend to retard genuine efforts of
some teachers of agricultural science in the secondary schools. Inspite
of the emphasis being placed on agricultural science as one of the
subjects in secondary schools, there is usually not enough time provided
in the time-table for a meaningful agricultural science work (Adeyemi,
2000). Agricultural science teachers are always interested to finish the
syllabus before the external examination – Senior School Certificate
Examination (SSCE) conducted by West African Examination Council (WAEC).
Agricultural science is one of the core vocational courses being
offered at the junior and senior secondary schools in Nigerian education
system. Experience has shown that many agricultural science teachers in
Gombe Education zone, teach agricultural science theoretically in the
classroom without involving the students in field practical. Some of the
teachers teach with pictures, drawing agricultural specimens instead of
using the real life specimens to teach. Furthermore, many agricultural
science teachers do not use the school farms in teaching the students;
nor go on for excursions to well established agro-farms and industries.
The
unavailability and inadequacy of the agricultural science teachers has
manifested through the poor performance of the students in internal and
external examinations. The poor performance of the students in
agricultural science due to inadequacy of the teachers has also led to
non-acquisition of the skills in agricultural production required from a
secondary school graduates, and has jeopardized the laudable objectives
of agricultural science programme at the secondary school level.
1.3 Objective of the study
The
main objective of this research work is to assess the influence of
availability and adequacy of agricultural science teachers on the
performance of secondary school student in Gombe state.
The study was guided by the following objectives to;
To
determine the influence of agricultural teacher’s availability and
adequacy in performance of secondary school students in Gombe state.
To
ascertain the factors affecting the availability and adequacy of
agricultural teachers on the performance secondary school students.
To determine the strategies for improving the adequacy of agricultural teachers on the performance of secondary school students.
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ABSRACT - [ Total Page(s): 1 ]The study was carried out to determine the influence of availability and adequacy of agricultural science teachers on the performance of secondary school student in Gombe state, Nigeria. In order to achieve this objective, three specific objectives were raised which included: to identify the types of instructional materials available to be used to influence student’s academic performance in Agricultural science. In line with these objectives, three research questions were formulated and t ... Continue reading---
