CHALLENGES WITH THE TEACHING OF CHRISTIAN RELIGIOUS STUDIES IN SECONDARY SCHOOLS IN ILORIN METROPOLIS, KWARA STATE, NIGERIA

Abstract

The study examined the challenges and possible solutions to the problems of teaching Christian Religious Studies (CRS) in the secondary school curriculum. In recent times, the subject has faced a lot of challenges, ranging from inappropriate methodology used by teachers, use of obsolete instructional materials, and poor student performance in the national examinations. The researchers adopted a descriptive survey research design for the study, while the study area was Ilorin metropolis. The population of this study comprised all the CRS teachers in Ilorin metropolis. The population of CRS teachers is one hundred and forty (140): 42 male teachers and 98 female teachers. The entire population was utilised as the sample for the study. The data obtained were collected and subjected to descriptive statistics. The research questions were analysed using mean and standard deviation. The results of the study revealed that teachers are not using adequate instructional resources and methods for the teaching of CRS was based mainly on teacher-centred. And this has led to students losing interest in the subject. It was concluded that the level of students’ interest is low. Therefore, it was suggested that teachers should use adequate instructional strategies in their teaching and make the subject more interesting to the students