Availability of Facilities and Utilization of Instructional Procedures for Implementation of Chemistry Core Curriculum in Senior Secondary Schools in Ebonyi State
Abstract
This study investigated availability of teaching facilities and utilization of instructional procedures for implementation of Chemistry core curriculum (CCC) in senior secondary schools (SSS) in Ebonyi State. Specifically,it determined level of availability of stipulated facilities and extent of utilization of instructional procedures by teachers for implementation of CCC in SSS in Ebonyi State. Design of the study was descriptive survey. Population was made up of all 216 senior secondary schools in Ebonyi State. Proportionate random sampling was used to draw a sample of 120 schools. Chemistry teachers and laboratory attendants participated in the study. Instruments for data collection were checklist and questionnaire. Results show that good examination halls, chalk board and classrooms were 100% very highly available, standard Chemistry laboratory(16%), projector(16%), chemicals and reagents(14%), water and electricity(33% each) were lowly available. Utilization of lecture and laboratory instructional procedures (IP) was of a very high extent with a mean of 3.78 and 3.70 respectively, activity based IP 2.98 and project IP has a mean of 2.73. Analogy and programmed IPs were very lowly utilized with a mean of 1.20 and 1.08 respectively. The study recommended among others, that government should make available teaching and learning facilities as stipulated in CCC to secondary schools for better achievement and implementation of the curriculum.