Perceived Causes of Students’ Low Enrolment in Science in Secondary Schools, Nigeria

Aina; Jacob Kola; Adedo Ganiyu Akanbi

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Perceived Causes of Students’ Low Enrolment in Science in Secondary Schools, Nigeria

Aina, Jacob Kola, Adedo Ganiyu Akanbi

Published in International Journal of Secondary Education (Volume 1, Issue 5)

Received: 14 August 2013 Published: 30 September 2013

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Abstract

The paper sampled 80 secondary school students in a local government council to find out causes of student low enrolment in science in secondary schools. The paper highlighted the history of science teaching and teacher’s pedagogy of teaching in Nigeria as very germane to enrolment in schools. Questionnaire was used to sample students’ opinion on causes of low enrolment. Statistical analysis considered best for this study was frequency count and percentage. Findings revealed that lack of qualified science teachers, lack of instructional materials, subject nature, low student interest and lack of motivation among others causes low enrolment in science. Some recommendations were suggested at the end of the study.

Published in	International Journal of Secondary Education (Volume 1, Issue 5)
DOI	10.11648/j.ijsedu.20130105.11
Page(s)	18-22
Creative Commons	This is an Open Access article, distributed under the terms of the Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 International License (http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/), which permits unrestricted use, distribution and reproduction in any medium or format, provided the original work is properly cited.
Copyright	Copyright © The Author(s), 2013. Published by Science Publishing Group

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Enrolment, Pedagogy of Teaching, Scientific Inquiry, Memorization, Rote Learning

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Jacob Kola
Adedo Ganiyu Akanbi

Chemistry Department College of Education (T) Lafiagi, Kwara State, Nigeria

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