Al-Hikmah University Journal

This study examined the challenges associated with teaching of fishery in senior secondary schools in Kwara State, Nigeria. Five specific objectives and four research questions guided the study. Descriptive survey research design was adopted. The population for the study comprised all 309 senior secondary school agricultural science and fishery teachers in Kwara State. Two hundred and fifty teachers of agriculture and fishery were selected as sample using simple random sampling technique. A researcher-designed questionnaire was used as instrument for data collection. The data collected was analysed using descriptive statistics of frequency count and mean scores. The results revealed that teachers’ related factor is one of the factors hindering the teaching of fishery in senior secondary schools in the study area. The finding also revealed that poor attitude of students towards learning fishery, fear of fish, laborious nature of fish farming, students’ poor perception about fishery, and students’ inability to purchase learning materials also hinder the effective teaching of fishery. It was recommended among others that government and school authorities should organize training workshops and seminars for teachers on fish farming to help improve their knowledge in fish production in Kwara State.