ASSESSMENT OF TEACHER'S AWARENESS AND THE USE OF MODERN AND SCIENTIFIC TOOLS IN TEACHING OF BIOLOGY IN SENIOR SECONDARY SCHOOLS IN OREDO LOCAL GOVERNMENT AREA, EDO STATE.

This study investigates assessment of teacher's awareness and the use of modern and scientific tools in teaching Biology in senior secondary schools in Oredo local government area of Edo State. Descriptive survey research design was used in carrying out the study. The population consists of thirteen (13) secondary schools and twenty eight (28) Biology teachers from which a sample of sixteen (16) respondents were randomly selected from the population. The instrument for data collection was a questionnaire designed by the researcher and the data collected from the instrument were analysed using frequencies and percentage. From the results of the findings, the study proved that there are inadequacy in the supply of modern and scientific tools in schools for Biology teachers. It also revealed that even though there were some available tools, they were not functional due to lack of electricity to power them, lack of time allocated to the subject and large class size. It was therefore recommended from the findings that: Biology teachers should be enlightened or given more orientation about the existence and use of modern and scientific tools; Government should provide sufficient and adequate modern and scientific tools to schools in the local government area for the efficient teaching and learning of Biology.