Survey of Challenges Faced by Secondary School Students in Chemistry Practical Class as Perceived by Teachers in Minna Metropolis

Abstract

This research work is aimed at Surveying of Challenges Faced by Secondary School Students in Chemistry Practical Class as Perceived by Teachers in Minna Metropolis. The design of the study is descriptive survey. The population of this study consisted of the Twenty-Five (25) Public Secondary schools in Minna Metropolis with the target population of all the Chemistry teachers in Minna Metropolis with a total number of 78 teachers consisting of 52 Males and 26 Female Teachers. A purposive sampling technique was used to all the 78 teachers Chemistry teachers in Minna Metropolis. Two research questions were used for the study. Descriptive statistics mainly mean and standard deviation were used in answering the research questions. The result teacher perceived that laboratories are not adequately available and spacious, equipment and chemicals, fire extinguishers and antidotes, electric and water facilities, furniture, are all inadequate in the available ones. It was therefore recommended that there should be need for education stake holders to find out why student performance is not compatible to their attitude.