Challenges, Attitudes and Academic Performance of Agricultural Science Students in Nigeria

What is it about?

The study considered the challenges facing the effective teaching and learning of agricultural science and also the attitudes and academic performance of public secondary school students of Ibadan North Local Government Area (INLGA) of Oyo State, Nigeria. It examined whether there were differences in the mean achievement test scores of the students in the subject in the selected schools. Furthermore, the authors studied students' attitudes to the subject and examined the relationship between their academic performance in agricultural science and their attitudes to the subject. The research was a descriptive survey study carried out at INLGA of Oyo State. Three public secondary schools were randomly selected from all the public secondary schools in INLGA in 2014. A total of thirty teachers and one hundred senior secondary school II (SSS II) students from the selected schools participated in the study. Three research instruments were used for data collection.

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Why is it important?

The study examined the major constraints facing effective and efficient teaching and learning of agricultural science in the public secondary school in the study area. It also focused on the attitudes of both the teachers and students as it affected the effective teaching and learning of agricultural science. Moreover, authors examined whether there existed differences in the mean achievement test scores of the students in the subject in the selected schools. The constraints to the effective teaching and learning of agricultural science in the study area were identified and feasible solutions to tackling such problems were suggested for meaningful academic policy intervention.

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