ESTABLISHMENT OF SCHOOL ORNAMENTAL HORTICULTURE: AN INQUIRY INTO ITSNEEDS AND OBJECTIVES

Abstract

This paper is a report of the study that examined the establishment of school ornamental horticulture
programme in the Kwara State secondary schools. The instrument used was the scale of Educational
administrators and teachers “views about the establishment of ornamental horticulture programme, the
instrument consists of 16 items clustered into five broad sections and one free response question
administered on 200 respondents made up of Kwara State ministry of education officials and secondary
school principals on one hand and teachers of secondary schools on the other hand. A five point Likert
scale technique was employed. The results showed a high level of awareness on the need for ornamental
horticulture establishment and high degree of the respondents’ favourable views. Kwara State Government
especially the ministry of education should as a matter of urgency set up a committee for the inclusion of
ornamental horticulture as part of school curriculum and that will facilitate the establishment of the
programme in the state secondary school.