An Assessment of Agriculture as a Vocation in Senior Secondary Schools. A Case Study of Selected Senior Schools in Bombali District, Northern Sierra Leone

The quality of a school is normally judged by the professional acumen of the teachers which is very crucial for the cognitive development of the pupils in the school, especially when it comes to agriculture as a vocation in schools. Teachers are not only seen as embodiment of professionalism, integrity and honesty but also paradigms of hope and development for the future of the pupils. When teachers become professionals in the teaching of agriculture institutional prospect and development of the course as a vocation is ensured. Teachers in senior schools have an unflinching role of making sure the learning environment for agriculture is conducive and resource-oriented which is easily achievable when the teacher in question exhibits professional traits to enable him/her do what is deemed as extra-ordinary. Teachers are most effective when their do realize their professional characteristics to do the job with utmost satisfaction. This study assess agriculture as a vocation in senior secondary schools in three selected senior secondary schools in the Bombali shebora Chiefdom. A total sample size of 60 teachers including pupils from the five(5) selected senior schools in Bombali district was collected from the frame out of which 30 teachers and 30 pupils were selected from five(5) schools targeting through a simple random sampling. Analyses of the collected data was done through descriptive statistics, Cross-tabulation. The study proved that all the three schools surveyed had guidance and counseling services. The study also discovered that pupils are not taking agriculture as a vocation in these schools. This is a sad reality the study was able to discover.