Influence Of Supervised Agricultural Experience Programme on Students’ Perception of Profitability of Practical Agriculture: A Case of Migori County, Kenya

Abstract

Agriculture teaching in Kenyan secondary schools, as anchored in the 8-4-4 curriculum, is done to achieve various objectives one of which is to enable the learner to appreciate that farming is a profitable activity. This study, carried out among form three agriculture students in Migori County embarked on finding out if there was a difference in perception about the profitability of practical agricultural activities between learners taking part in a supervised agricultural experience programme (SAEP) and those taking part in conventional agriculture learning approach. A learning outcome test was used to collect data from 384 respondents before and after the programme was implemented. Analysis of data was done using SPSS Version 22. Descriptive statistics (frequencies and averages) were used to present data. Inferential statistics i.e., independent sample t-test, Tukey’s post hoc and one-way ANOVA, were used test the null hypothesis at α=.05 significance level. The study discovered that exposure to SAEP did not significantly change the students’ perception on profitability of practical agricultural activities. The study recommended that teachers of agriculture should adopt other instructional strategies that learners to appreciate agriculture as a profitable venture.