THE INFLUENCE OF SOME RELIGIOUS RELATED ON THE PERFORMANCE OF AGRICULTURAL SCIENCE STUDENT (EDUCATION PROJECT TOPICS AND MATERIALS)
CHAPTER ONE
- INTRODUCTION
1.1 BACKGROUND TO THE STUDY
In recent times, there has been an interest amongst education scholars to understand the role that a student’s religiosity plays in his academic performance, whether in high school or at college.
The Nigerian educational system is full of many challenges and the major problem is the issue of poor results in external exams like the West African Examinations Council and the National Examination Council and some other formal and organized examinations has raised so many questions as to the factors that are responsible for this problem. Though loads of attention is been focused on the quality of the teachers and unseriousness of the students to their academics due to different distractions that hinders effective learning but very little attention has been given to the Religion factor. Hence, the Religion related factor remains an important area that should be studied and well managed to enhance students’ academic performance.
Vocational subjects in the secondary school are agricultural science and home economics but this study focuses only agricultural science. Agricultural science is derived from the Latin words “Ager” meaning field and “cultural” meaning cultivation. It is the study of plants and animal also understanding the behavior and usefulness of plants and animals to man. Agricultural science is not limited to cultivation of crops and animal rearing of animals but also the production of plants and animal products for marketing and generating revenue. Agricultural science is the branch of science which deals with growing of crops and rearing of domestic animals for the benefit of man and raw materials for the industries (Ndem, 2013). He explained furthermore that agricultural science deals with the production of crops and rearing of farm animals by man for the sole purpose of providing food, extraction of raw materials and building of shelter for man. It also involves the science of processing, preservation, storage, marketing and distribution of the agricultural products. The National Curriculum of Agriculture (2007) enumerated the following as the specific objectives of introducing agricultural science at the secondary school;
