CHALLENGES OF EFFECTIVE TEACHING AND LEARNING OF HOME ECONOMICS

ABSTRACT
This study was carried out to determine the challenges of effective teaching of home economics. The study adopted descriptive design since it is an ex post facto research. The target population for this study is 170 students and 30 home economics teachers of 10 secondary schools in Port Harcourt. The findings revealed that lack of teaching aids, library facilities and where available, there is lack of textbooks of Economics. All the schools studied were highly dense resulted into high students’ population. Based on the findings of his study, the federal and the state governments should employ more teachers, especially in Economics to checkmate rising teacher student ratio. More senior secondary schools should be built with the increasing student population within the area under study.