THE IMPACT OF BIOLOGY EDUCATION IN THE DEVELOPMENT OF NIGERIA

The main purpose of this study is to examine the impact of biology education in the development of Nigeria using some selected secondary schools in Girei Local Government Area of Adamawa State. Three research questions guided the study. In this study,three Objectives and two hypothesis a survey research design was adopted, the population comprises some selected biology teachers in Girei Local Government Area of Adamawa state, a simple random sampling technique was used to select 70 Respondents for the study and a questionnaire was the instrument for data collection. And the validity and reabiability is Pearson correlation coefficient. As result of the field study and analysis of results, the following findings were made: that biology education take so many faces in the development of Nigeria ranging from the healthcare sector, social life and the well-being of people in the society; that the study of biology education offered elementary knowledge necessary for intelligent understanding of the principles of agriculture, which is the main occupation of Nigerians.That problems militating against biology education development in Nigeria includes: poor funding, corruption, lack of qualified teachers , and methods of teaching.based on the findings of the study, the researchers concluded that there is a significant relationship between biology education and the development of Nigeria. Effective implementation of biology education promotes national development in Nigeria It was recommended that Curriculum innovators should emphasize on providing a proper curriculum for biology education. Government at all levels, should provide adequate instructional materials and laboratory equipments, and other facilities across the schools so as to give a better knowledge for the students across Nigeria.