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THE EFFECT OF ECONOMIC RECESSION ON THE TEACHING AND LEARNING OF CHEMISTRY IN SENIOR SECONDARY SCHOOLS IN ANAMBRA STATE NIGERIA
Abstract
The study investigated the effect of economic recession on the teaching and learning of chemistry in senior secondary school in Anaocha local Government Area. The study adopted a survey research design. The population of the study comprised of all the Nineteen (19) chemistry teachers and three hundred and eighty-nine (389) SS II chemistry students in sixteen (16) public secondary schools in Anaocha LGA. The study was guided by three (3) research questions and three (3) hypothesis. Questionnaire was used as the instrument for data collection on four- point scale. The data collected were analysed using mean and standard deviation while the null hypothesis were analysed using Z- test at 0.05 significance probability level. The findings of the study showed that respondents agreed that the causes of economic recession are: poor political leadership, Nigeria’s over- dependence on petroleum as source of her income, Boko Haram and selfishness of the leaders, among others. They also agreed that economic recession has affected the teaching and learning of chemistry in senior secondary school in Anaocha LGA especially in poor funding of educational sector by the government which result to many other adverse effects. Remedial strategies for this economic recession as suggested include: Adequate budgetary allocation/funding of educational sector by the government, the government should find possible ways to put to a stop the activities of Boko Haram.Improvisation of instructional materials and proper management of the available resources by all, among others. Based on this findings, implications, recommendations and suggestions for further research were made.
Keywords: Economic recession, Education, Government, Chemistry, School