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    An Analysis of the Status of Human and Material Resources for Geography Teaching in Secondary Schools in Benin City.
    (Ekiadolor Journal of Education, 1990-01-15) Yalokwu Patrick O; Amadasun I O
    The paper identifies and analysis the status of human and material resources for the teaching of geography in secondary schools in Benin City. It also discusses the resource situation necessary for effective geography teaching and learning in schools. The data used for the paper were collected from seven secondary schools sampled in Benin City in April 1990. Using a structured questionnaire, relevant data were obtained from the heads of geography departments, who had knowledge about teaching resources in their schools. To ensure comparability in human resources for both geography and economics (both of which are social science subjects taught in the surveyed schools), provision was made in the questionnaire for the staff strength of the geography and economics departments. The analysis of data involved the use of percentages and Student’s t-test. The findings show that staff strength and teaching aids available in geography departments were poor. Less than half of the geography teachers in the schools were professionally qualified. There was, however, an indication that no significant difference exists between the staff strength of geography departments and that of economics departments. The implication of these findings is that efforts should be made by the government and other appropriate educational authorities to train more Geography teachers (and even Economics teachers) and to provide relevant teaching equipment in order to make teaching and learning more result-oriented.