Perception of Students Toward Learning Chemistry in Senior Secondary School: A Case Study of Kaduna South Local Government Area, Kaduna State, Nigeria

Interest is the most important factor that help students to learn and understand chemistry concepts. Students must have constructive interest in achieving qualitative chemistry knowledge. In this study, an attempt was made in ascertaining the remote causes for the poor performance reported in recent times in Chemistry at the senior secondary level. This research aims to investigate the perception of students’ interest towards learning chemistry at senior secondary school. A descriptive research design was adopted in this study. About 50 students from five different schools from area of the study were used as sample and a questionnaire containing 10 statements was used for data collection. The result revealed that most of the students do not correlate Chemistry concepts with their day-to-day lifestyle. They also found it difficult to understand Chemistry lessons due to inadequate resources that are needed in teaching and learning Chemistry. With these findings attention needs to be given in schools to improve on attitudes, interests and perceptions of students toward Chemistry as a subject.