It could be observed from the table that students with grade A1 to C6 were always below 50%.
few numbers of students had the opportunity of securing admission into science related
agriculture, pharmacy, geology, physical sciences, science education and technology in the higher institutions.
The poor performance has been traced to several factors which may include the methods of teaching employed by the teachers which is not in line with the modern methods that involves the use of information technology and some other novel and interesting methods that can make the students to learn the subject meaningfully. Etiubon (2007) identified teaching resources and its manipulative adaptations as a factor. Similarly, Ezeliora (1999) and Eniayeju (2005) also pointed out that the use of concrete materials facilitates better and proper understanding of chemistry concepts. Salau (2003) and Njoku (2004) identified students’ attitude towards learning as a factor.