FACTORS AFFECTING EFFECTIVE DELIVERY OF AGRICULTURAL SCIENCE PRACTICAL LESSON IN SENIOR SECONDARY SCHOOLS IN EBONYI STATE OF NIGERIA

Abstract

The study focused on factors affecting effective delivery of agricultural science practical lesson in senior secondary schools in Ebonyi State. Four research questions and one null hypothesis were formulated to guide the study. Descriptive survey research design was adopted and used to elicit information from the respondents. The sample size was 216 made up of 180 students and 36 teachers. Four point Likert scale questionnaire captioned Agricultural Science Practical Questionaire (ASPQ) was used for data collection, mean and Standard Deviation were used to interpret the 4 research questions while t-test statistics was used to test the hypothesis. Based on the findings of the study, all the variables tested has impact on the performance of Senior Secondary School students in the study area. The hypothesis tested equally shows that there was no significant difference in the mean rating of the performance of students in the rural areas and urban areas. It is recommended that the government, education managers, stakeholders, teachers, students and the communities should make collaborative effort to improve on the implementation of practical lesson (work) in Senior Secondary Schools in Ebonyi State.