Abstract
The study investigated issues relating to utilization of multimedia resources in teaching of Social studies in secondary schools in Nsukka Local Government Area (LGA) of Enugu State.Specifically, it determined: multimedia resources available for Social studies teaching in the schools; perceived factors that militate against effective utilization of multimedia in teaching; and possible solutions to the militating factors. Descriptive survey research design was adopted. Population of the study was 32 Social studies teachers from all the 31 public secondary schools in the LGA. Questionnaire was used to collect data. Data were analyzed using frequency, percentages, mean and standard deviation. Results show 12 multimedia resources available in the schools, including among others, projectors (71.0%), smartphones (71.0%), laptops (59.4%), audio system and microphones (75.0%), flash drives (75.0 %), office software (84.4%). Also there are 15 factors that hinder the effective utilization of multimedia resources in teaching Social studies including: high cost of multimedia resources (X̅=3.50), lack/weak internet service (X̅=3.69), and others.Further findings are 18 possible solutions to the hinderance of utilization of multimedia including, among others, employment of multimedia technical support staff (X̅=3.97), integrating use of multimedia into curriculum (X̅=3.84), and so on.