Chemistry Education: A Panacea for Industrialisation in Nigeria – The View of University Students and Lecturers
Keywords:
Chemistry Education, Industrialization, Nigeria, University Students, STEM EducationAbstract
The study investigated the chemistry education a panacea for industrialization in Nigeria: The view of university students and lecturers. The study was carried out in Bayelsa State and it was guided by two research questions and one hypothesis. The descriptive survey research design was adopted for the study. The population of the study comprised of 80 students and 20 Lecturers making a total of 100 respondents. The instrument for data collection was a self-structured questionnaire and the data collected were analyzed using mean and standard deviation while the hypothesis was tested using an independent t-test. Findings revealed that chemistry education is crucial to industrial development, laboratory and practical skills are essential for industrialization. The results also showed that, more government funding is needed for chemistry education and research, poor infrastructure and outdated equipment hinder chemistry education and encouraging entrepreneurship in chemistry-related fields will boost industrialization. Based on the finding it was concluded that chemistry education is seen as a panacea for industrialization in Nigeria as both students and lecturers strongly support chemistry education as a driver for industrialization.
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