Students Perception Of Practical Agricultural Science In Senior Secondary Schools
[A CASE STUDY OF IFELODUN LOCAL GOVERNMENT AREA OF OSUN STATE]

1.5    Research Hypotheses
    The following null hypotheses (H0) were formulated and tested at 0.05 level of significance
H01    There is no significant difference between the perception of male and female students toward practical agriculture.
H02    There is no significant influence  of student perception of practical agricultural science on  their choice of agricultural science as a career.
H03    There is no significant influence of  students perception on their interest in practical agricultural science.
Scope of the Study
    This study is limited to all secondary schools offering Agricultural science in Ifelodun  LGA .All senior secondary schools student offering agricultural science comprise the entire scope of the study.
       Significance of the Study
    The outcome of the study would be of utmost benefit to curriculum planners, school administrators, agricultural science teachers, government, parents and students.
To curriculum planner and developers, it would enable them to possess necessary knowledge and disposition to develop scientific curricular that would encourage practical Agricultural science.
To the school administrators it would provide information  which would make them realize the importance  of  practical  agriculture and would enable them to handle the aspect with care and  provide necessary things in term of human and material resource that would  make it teaching and learning  effective,
To the teachers it would make them to be aware of perception of students towards practical agricultural science which will enable them to use different strategies to motivate student interest in agricultural science.
To the students it will make them to be aware that their perception and interest of things will greatly determine how well they will perform and engage in such activities  
To the parents, it will help in educating those with wrong perception and misconception that subject like agricultural science is meant for male alone, thereby allowing their female children to engage in practical agricultural science
To the government, it will help them to know the level of interest of students in practical agricultural science which will make them to pump more resources in term of human and materials resources into the aspect in order to use the sector to diversify the economy of the nation, thereby reducing over dependence of the country on oil sector .
Clarification of Terms and Major Variables
 The following terms and variables are clarified operationally as used in this study
Perception: Is the organization, identification, and interpretation of sensory information .or conscious understanding of something.
Attitude: is the disposition or state of mind about something.
Co-education: this refers to school for both male and female.
Interest: a great attention and concern given to something
Gender: is a social cultural phenomenon of division of people into male and female
School Curriculum: this is an education programs prepared for formal education programs in the school. It comprises all the subject and extra-curriculum activities of the school.
Practical Agriculture: this the pragmatic work that facilitates the process of acquisition of basic knowledge and practical skills that prepare students for occupation in agriculture
Vocational Education: Is a training or retraining, which is given in schools or classes under public supervision and control