Funding of Science Programme in Public Secondary School in Federal Capital Territory, Abuja, Nigeria
Abstract
The study investigated the perception of teacher on the impact of adequate funding for the implementation of science programme in pubic secondary schools in FCT, Nigeria. The study used descriptive survey research design. The population of the study comprised of all science teachers in FCT, Nigeria. The sample size of the study was made up of 180 science teachers which was selected from 30 public secondary schools across the six area councils in the territory. Simple random technique was employed to select the schools for the study. A self-structured questionnaire titled: Adequate Funding of Science Programme Questionnaire (AFSPQ) was used. The instrument was subjected to content and face validity by experts in the Department of educational Foundations, University of Abuja. Lawshe Content Validity Index was used to calculate the scores and CRV of 0.86 was obtained, which indicated that the instrument was appropriate and suitable for the research. Mean and standard deviation were used to analysis the data collected to asnswer the research questions. The result of findings noted that adequate funding of science programme would lead to adequate employment of science teachers, infrastructural facilities, provision of adequate instructional materials, effective capacity development programme for science teacher and improved welfare packages for science teachers motivation. Based on this findings of the study, it was recommended that government should increase the funding of Science Programme in Federal Capital Territory, Abuja, which would help to facilitate the development of science programme in Federal Capital Territory, Abuja.
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