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ABSTRACT
The purpose of the study is to examine the extent of utilization of instructional material in teaching of biology in Oredo Local Government Area of Edo State. Three research questions were raised to guide the study.
The descriptive survey design was used for this study. The population of the study consisted of the Biology teachers from the thirteen (13) public senior secondary school in oredo local government of Edo state. Ten school were randomly selected from the thirteen secondary school in oredo local government of Edo state . Three structured research questions were used. The instrument was validated by two specialists in the department of curriculum and instructional technology, University of Benin, Benin city, Edo state. The questionnaires were administered to the biology teachers and were collected by the researcher. The data collected was analyzed using mean, standard deviation, and frequency percentage. Cronbach Alpha reliability statistics of 0.712 was obtained.
The result from the analysis showed that, the availability of instructional materials in these schools is poor, including the most important ones. Biology teachers do not have much access to the available instructional materials. It is also revealed that the extent of use of instructional material for effective teaching of Biology is very low. Some solutions include: the Government /Ministry of Education should provide adequate qualified Biology teachers, and the ministry of education should regularly supervise schools to make sure that they always meet up the appropriate standard. Hence, there is much need for sufficient qualified and competent biology teachers, adequate availability and utilization of instructional materials for effective teaching of Biology in all the secondary schools in Oredo Local Government Area of Edo State.
