ABSTRACT

This study was carried out to identify the challenges of student's teachers during teaching practice. Four research questions were raised in the study, they include; what is the effect of poor adherence of teaching practice duration by student teachers in University of Benin, what extent does insecurity in posted schools affects student teachers in University of Benin during teaching practice programme what is the effect of late posting on the performance of students teachers in University of Benin what is the effect of poor physical working condition on the performance of student teachers in University of Benin.

Related literatures were reviewed to gather information and eminent scholars' view on the variables under study. The descriptive survey design was adopted in this study. The population of this study consist of 2,031 students from the 8 departments in Faculty of Education, University of Benin, Edo State. A total of seventy (70) randomly selected 300 and 400 level students across seven (7) departments in the faculty of education form the sample for the study. Descriptive statistics using frequency, percentage, and mean in tables were used in the data analysis of the study. Base on the finding it was discovered that there is an effect of poor adherence of teaching practice duration by student teachers in University of Benin, Insecurity in posted schools affects student teachers in University of Benin during teaching practice programme, majority encountered the problem of late posting and therefore of the opinion that there is an effect of late posting on the performance of students teachers in University of Benin.

Poor physical working conditions such as non-conduciveness of the environment, lack of equipment in the laboratory, non-availability of staffrooms for student teachers, and the absence of instructional materials for teaching in the posted schools have an effect on the performance of student teachers.