Dr. Onuoha Catherine U.
Department of Primary Education
Ebonyi State College of Education Ikwo
Ebonyi State Nigeria.
Abstract.
Poor performance of Pupils and Lack of knowledge in Agricultural Science has been attributed to
ineffectiveness of the agricultural science teachers at the primary schools in Abakaliki education zone of
Ebonyi State. Therefore, this research determined the strategies for enhancing the teachers’ effectiveness in the implementation of primary school Agricultural Science programme. The study adopted survey research design. The population of the study was 117 teachers and there was no sampling, rather the whole population was studied. A structured questionnaire was used to collect data for the study. The instrument had 4 points modified likert scale. The instrument was validated by using Cronbach alpha which yielded reliability co-efficient of 0.96. Data were collected by the researcher administering the questionnaire to the respondents. Data analysis was by descriptive and inferential statistics. Based on the analysis of the data, it was revealed among others that provision of incentives, regular training and retraining of the teachers enhance the effectiveness of the teachers in the implementation of the primary school Agricultural Science programme. Based on the findings, it was recommended, among others, that the Ebonyi State Ministry of education in collaboration with the Universal Basic Education Board should try to provide incentives to the teachers and organize conferences, seminars and workshops to update the teachers’ knowledge.
Keywords: Strategies; teachers effectiveness; implementation; agricultural science programme.
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