ASSESSMENT OF CHALLENGES ASSOCIATED WITH TEACHING OF FISHERY IN SENIOR SECONDARY SCHOOLS IN KWARA-STATE, NIGERIA

Abstract

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.