The Future of Science Education in our Secondary Schools in a Democratic Dispensation

Abstract

The future of the child is entirely dependent upon the educational development of a nation's citizenry. The teacher plays very significant roles in this development, especially in the learning process of the child. He influences not only the cognitive and effective growth of the child but he also affects the psycho-motor outcomes of science instruction.It is in this regard that the paper takes a look at the trend in science education in Nigeria as it affects the future of the Nigerian child in a democratic setting.In 1920 the Phelps Stokes funded Education commission discovered that the state of science education was grossly deficient and recommended the inclusion of science subjects in the secondary school curriculum.Despite the formulation of policies on science education. Science and technology and the purchase and distribution of science equipment to schools,among others, by the Nigerian government,the failure of secondary schools education in Nigeria still remains bleak. The paper concludes by recommending some measures that may improve science education in secondary schools if adopted by the government.