The Extent Of Implementation And Adherence To Safety Practises Among Staff And Senior Secondary School Students In Enugu South Local Government Area Of Enugu State

The topic of this study is the extent of implementation of safety practices among senior Secondary Schools in Enugu South Local Government Area of Enugu State. There has been a persistent decline in implementing safety practices to a large extent in the biology laboratories among senior secondary schools. This ugly trend has been of great concern to the government, educators and the society.

The purpose of the study is to identify the extent of implementation and adherence to safety practices in biology laboratories. The design of the study was a descriptive survey research. The area of the study is Enugu South Local Government Area. The populations of the study consist of 14 Secondary Schools from which 5 schools were selected from the population. The researcher randomly selected 100 respondents. A sample size of 75 students and 25 teachers was used. The instrument used for data collection was questionnaire. The data collected was analyzed using simple mean which significantly guided the study.

The researcher found out that safety practices is poor and is not encouraging during practical. The researcher recommended that the Government should increase their funds in assisting the school management for a suitable laboratory building and the school administration should send science teachers for training through seminar and workshop.