RELATIONSHIP BETWEEN MANAGEMENT OF AGRICULTURAL SCIENCE TEACHERS AND STUDENTS LEARNING OUTCOME AMONG SELECTED SECONDARY SCHOOLS IN OYO EAST LOCAL GOVERNMENT

This study examined the relationship between management of agricultural science teachers and students’ learning outcome among selected secondary schools in Oyo East Local Government. The study specifically investigated Teachers’ Management Characteristics and Agricultural Science students’ learning outcome in selected secondary schools in Oyo East Local Government area of Oyo State. The study adopted the descriptive research design of the survey type. The population of the study comprised of 25 teachers of agricultural science and 25 senior secondary school students of Agricultural Science in 10 public secondary schools in Oyo East Local Government. The sample for this study was 50 respondents, comprising Five (5) Agricultural Science teachers from twenty- four (10) secondary schools in Oyo East Local Government area of Oyo State. Multi stage procedure which involved purposive, simple random and stratified sampling techniques was used to select the sample for the study. Two set of instruments tagged “Teachers’ Management Characteristics Questionnaire (TMCQ)” and “Performance on Students’ Learning Outcome (PSLO)” were used for the study. The three instruments were validated by experts. TMCQ had a reliability coefficient of 0.77. The data were analysed using descriptive and inferential statistics. The descriptive statistics of Frequency Counts, Percentages, Mean and Standard Deviation were used to answer the research questions while the inferential statistics involving Pearson Product Moment were used to test the hypotheses at 0.05 level of significance. The findings of the study revealed that the predominant management characteristics of Agricultural Science teachers among selected secondary schools were qualifications, teaching experience, teaching methods, gender, marital status and age. The study showed that the level of students’ learning outcome in Agricultural Science as well as students’ interest in studying Agricultural Science in selected secondary schools were moderate. Also, it was found that there was significant relationship between Agricultural Science teachers’ management characteristics and students’ learning outcome in selected secondary schools. Based on the findings of this study, it was concluded that management characteristics of Agricultural Science teachers were important factors that influenced students’ learning outcome in Agricultural Science in selected secondary schools.