ASSESSMENT OF CHEMISTRY TEACHERS IMPROVISATION AND UTILISATION OF LABORATORY EQUIPMENTS IN TEACHING CHEMISTRY IN SOME SELECTED SECONDARY SCHOOLS ACROSS KANO STATE

The research assessed the chemistry teacher’s improvisation and Utilisation of laboratory equipments in teaching chemistry in science secondary schools, Kano State. The research design was adopted by the study is descriptive survey research design, and the population of the study were 6,173 selected from five secondary schools in Kano namely; Science College Dawakin Tofa, Mukhtar Adnan Day science College Kano, Governor’s College Kano, Mairo TIjjani Girls and Technical College Kano, First Lady College Kano., The sample size of the study was 361 respondents. The method used for the sampling techniques was simple random sampling. The instrument used for data collection were questionnaire, and the method of data analysis as simple percentage and means and standard deviation. The findings revealed that laboratory equipments are improvised and then utilized by chemistry teachers in teaching chemistry in science secondary schools, Kano. The extent to which laboratory resources for teaching and learning chemistry are improvised in science secondary schools is satisfactory because the improvisation comes up due to non-availability of the resources to use in teaching and learning chemistry. The present states of the improvised resources in science secondary schools affects their utilisation during teaching and learning chemistry, hence, the extent of utilisation of the improvised equipment by chemistry teachers in science secondary schools is well-satisfied and are effectively been utilized. Moreover, the utilization of the improvised equipment affects the academic achievement of the students. Furthermore, Improvisation and Utilization of laboratory equipment by chemistry teachers in teaching chemistry in science secondary schools could be controlled by adopting to strategies such as constant practice, funding, planning, organising, coordinating, directing, supervising, monitoring and evaluating chemistry laboratory resources in science secondary schools, Kano state. It was recommended that efforts should be made by the ministries responsible on Education and other authorities/ bodies provide adequate human and materials resources to science secondary schools.