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Issues in physics education: A major setback in Nigeria's quest for technological growth

https://doi.org/10.31248/IJET2024.215   |   Article Number: 2BAAC2951   |   Vol.8 (2) - December 2024

Received Date: 04 April 2024   |   Accepted Date: 08 July 2024  |   Published Date: 30 December 2024

Authors:  Ambrose Mbia Bawan* , Julian Ogoba Abima and Christopher Ada Ushie

Keywords: Nigeria., Physics education, technological growth, school system teaching.

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The paper is a position paper that addresses issues in physics education and how these issues affect the technological potential of the country, Nigeria. The place of physics education in technological advancement was highlighted and the issues confronting proper physics education in Nigeria were enumerated. Some suggestions were proffered which included the provision of teaching/learning facilities in the secondary school system, use of innovative teaching methods in teaching physics among others. The paper concluded that if these anomalies are corrected and proper attention is given to physics education, the quest for the country’s technological advancement is feasible.

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