Abstract:
Purpose: The study investigated the perceptions of agricultural science teachers on some of the variables that influence their successful implementation of agricultural science curriculum and translating it as poverty eradication instrument. Population and Sample: The population for the study included all agricultural science teachers in Ogun State; there are 10 junior and 11 senior secondary schools in Odeda Local government area of Ogun State, this gave a total of 32 agricultural science teachers. 27 teachers were randomly selected for this study. Instrument: A questionnaire was designed to collect data from the targeted audience.Results: Findings from the study indicated that age and years of experience and teachers' motivation have very strong influence on the successful implementation of the agricultural science curriculum, while gender has very weak influence. Implications: The implication of this result is that in order for the curriculum to be functional and achieve its purpose, government needs to invest more on the teachers, this is because they implement the curriculum; furthermore, in all the schools visited, there is no single school with modern facility that can enhance teaching and learning of agricultural science, teachers are still teaching the subject based on the old methods of chalk and talk. Although, there is abundance of arable farm land in Nigeria and the teeming youths, yet the youths are not encouraged to take to agricultural production because of the drudgery and poverty associated with it. There is need for the managers of our educational system to carry out a wholistic overhauling of the system and device a way to motivate agricultural science teachers the same way science teachers are being motivated.
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