Abstract:
This work involved; the opinions of teachers about students taught by qualified teachers and those taught by
non-experts, the opinions of teachers about students taught using instructional materials and those taught
without, the effect of time allocation on the time table, the effect of Government funding of computer science
studies. The population of the study consists of all the computer science teachers in Ekwusigo Local
Government Area of Anambra State. The sample size was 70 teachers randomly selected from different
schools in Ekwusigo Local Government Area of Anambra State. A simple survey method was designed to
identify the problems. Four research questions and hypotheses guided the study. The instrument used for
data collection was a questionnaire developed by the researcher and validated by three experts in Science
Education, Madonna University Nigeria. The researcher also administered 120 questionnaire but 104 were
returned and data were analyzed. The research questions were answered using purely simple percentages
and hypotheses were tested using chi-square. The result revealed that there is significant difference between
the opinions of teachers about the students taught by qualified teachers and those taught by non-experts,
there is significant difference between the opinions of teachers about students taught using instructional
materials and those taught without, enough periods are not allowed on the time table and adequate provision
of fund from government are not always available for teaching of computer science. Conclusion and
recommendations were made to improve the methods of teaching computer science. Suggestions for further
research were also made.
