The main objective of this study is to examine strategies for effective teaching of practical agriculture for selfemployment in senior secondary schools in Bayelsa State, Nigeria. The study adopted descriptive survey research design. The population of the study consist of 190 (121 urban and 69 rural) Agricultural Science teachers in senior secondary schools in Bayelsa State. The population of the study was also adopted as the sample since it was manageable. The instrument for data collection for the study was a structured questionnaire consisting of 22 items. Three research questions and corresponding hypotheses were raised for the study. Mean and standard deviation were used to analyze the research questions and the independent t-test statistic was used to test the null hypotheses at.05 level of significance. The findings revealed that, effective teaching of practical agriculture enhances students' performance in the world of work; there was no significant difference between the mean responses of Agricultural science teachers on strategies for effective teaching of practical agriculture for self-employment in senior secondary schools in Bayelsa State, Nigeria. It was therefore recommended that, Government should improve funding of secondary schools as practical remains the back-bone of agricultural knowledge acquired in schools.
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