Abstract
This study examined the attitude of students and parents towards practical agriculture as perceived by
secondary school administrators in Federal Capital Territory (FCT), Nigeria. Two research questions were
developed and a hypothesis was formulated to guide the study. A descriptive survey research design was used
for the study, the sample size was twenty six secondary school administrators composed of 14 males and 12
females from twenty six secondary schools. The instrument used for data collection was a modified four point
response Likert scale questionnaire that was face validated by three experts. Descriptive statistical techniques
(arithmetic mean) were used to analyze the research questions and independent t-test was used to test the null
hypothesis at 0.05 level of significance. Findings revealed that students dislike agricultural science,they also
prefer to study core science,it is not a major subject for gaining admission into higher institution, while practical
agriculture is interesting and fascinating,school farmland is available and parents do not react negatively to their
children sudying agricultural Science. The attitude of students and parents as noted by male and female
secondary school administrators do not have any significance difference on their attitudes towards practical
agriculture. It is recommended that students should be exposed to modern technology and farm
machines,teachers of agricultural science should be creative and innovative in order to attract more students to
take the subject:this will help in sustaining student's interest and improve their perception towards the subject.
Keywords: Attitude,Secondary School,Administrator,Practical Agriculture,Students and Parents
Publication Date: 2019-12-05