ASSESSMENT OF AVAILABILITY AND UTILIZATION OF AGRICULTURAL SCIENCE TEACHING AND LEARNING MATERIALS IN SECONDARY SCHOOLS IN KUMBOTSO LOCAL GOVERNMENT AREA KANO STATE

Abstract This study investigated assessment of availability and utilization of agricultural science teaching and learning materials in secondary schools in Kumbotso local government area Kano state four objectives, four research questions were formulated. The study adopted survey research design. The population of the study sixty two and purposive sampling technique was used. One sets of data collection instruments were used namely: Availability and Utilization of Agricultural science instructional materials Questionnaire (AUASIMQ). Mean deviation, was used in the analysis of data. First findings revealed that there is Availability of teaching and learning materials in teaching agricultural science in secondary schools in Kumbotso Local Government Area, the level of utilization of teaching and learning materials in teaching agricultural science in secondary schools in Kumbotso Local Government Area is adequate, there are number of the available teachers (in terms of teacher – student ratio) teaching agricultural science in the selected secondary schools in Kumbotso Local Government Area, and Several possible solutions to the teaching and learning materials in teaching agricultural science in the selected secondary schools in Kumbotso Local Government Area were provided. The study recommended that More resources of teaching and learning should be made available in teaching agricultural science, it’s also recommended that A lot of Agricultural science teachers should be recruited in our secondary schools.