TIME ALLOCATION TO SCIENCE SUBJECTS AND TEACHERS EFFECTIVENESS IN SECONDARY SCHOOLS IN ABUA/ODUAL LOCAL GOVERNMENT AREA OF RIVERS STATE

The study was carried out to investigate Time Allocation to Science subjects and Teachers effectiveness in Secondary schools in Abua/Odual Local Government Area of Rivers State”. Descriptive research design was used and three research questions guided this study. The population of the study was 35,048 senior secondary school students in all the public secondary school in Abua/Odual Local Government Area of Rivers State, constitute the population. The sample size of 395 students was selected using Taro Yamane Formular. Cronbach Alpha Statistical instrument was used to determine the reliability of the instrument, a coefficient value of 0.71 indicated that the research instrument was relatively reliable. Mean and standard deviation were used to answer the research questions, and t- test statistical tools were used to test the hypotheses. The instrument for data collection was questionnaire titled: adequacy of time allocation for biology lessons and teachers effectiveness in some selected secondary schools in Abua/Odual local government area of Rivers State. (ATABLTE). From the findings of this study, it was revealed that, in many cases, biology is only taught once a week, which might be considered typical for the schools involved in the survey and teachers are not provided with enough time to teach biology. Based on the findings, it was recommended that teachers should be allocated with enough time to teach Biology lessons also that the teachers should help the students in the formation or inculcation of good time management strategies and study habit practice.