PROSPECTS AND CHALLENGES OF BIOLOGY EDUCATON IN NIGERIA: A REVIEW

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ABSTRACT Biology as a branch of science plays a vital role in providing knowledge of relevant concepts, scientific skills, environment and natural phenomena. Biology education has been widely acknowledged as a way of promoting economic development, eliminating poverty and introducing social welfare. This paper, analyses some prospects of biology education such as many applications in natural and health care environment, understanding of living system and critical thinking, career working in educational institution or industry among others. It also analyses some challenges facing biology education such as shortages of professionally qualified biology teachers, inadequate fund, lack of teaching and learning facilities and lack of proper curriculum development. Recommendations made include provision of teaching and learning facilities in schools, adequate funding of schools, reform of biology education curriculum. This will help to improve biology education and its contribution in Nigeria.

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