PROBLEMS OF TEACHING AGRICULTURAL SCIENCE IN JUNIOR SECTIONS SECONDARY SCHOOLS IN NKANU WEST LOCAL GOVERNMENT AREA ENUGU STATE

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. 

TABLE OF CONTENTS
TITLE PAGE  
APPROVAL PAGE  
DEDICATION
ACKNOWLEDGEMENT 
ABSTRACT 
LIST OF TABLES 

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 
QUESTIONNAIRE