Authors : Oshundiji Bukola Rose; Adebisi Thomas Ajibade; Aderinola Adelani Akintunde

Volume/Issue : Volume 11 - 2026, Issue 6 - June

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DOI : https://doi.org/10.38124/ijisrt/26jun1400

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Abstract : This study assessed the adequacy of contents coverage of Mathematics curriculum in rural and urban areas in senior secondary schools in Ogun State. It also examined the Usage of appropriate instructional materials for the implementation of Mathematics curriculum in rural and urban areas in senior secondary schools in the study area. These were with a view to providing information on the extent of implementation of Mathematics curriculum in Ogun State. The study adopted the descriptive survey research design. The population for the study comprised of all public senior secondary schools in rural and urban areas of Ogun State. The sample for the study were 90 public senior secondary schools two (SSII) Mathematics teachers drawn from the three senatorial districts using multistage sampling procedure. Three Local Government Areas (LGAs) were selected from the three senatorial district in the state for a total of nine LGAs, five rural and five urban senior secondary schools were chosen from each Local Government Areas(LGAs) and one mathematics teacher from each school was chosen using simple random sampling techniques. Two instrument were used to collect data for the study, namely: Mathematics Curriculum Implementation Retrieval Sheet (MCIRS); and Mathematics Curriculum Implementation Observation Check List (MCIOCL). Data collected were analyzed using frequency counts and percentages. The results showed that Mathematics curriculum contents in Senior Secondary Schools in Ogun State were fully implemented in urban areas having mean score of 1.5 and above in all the item sampled unlike the rural areas which all the item sampled are below mean of 1.5 except two items that have 1.5 and above. The finding of the study showed that teachers in urban areas uses instructional materials with the mean score of 0.9 as the highest and 0.6 as the lowest mean of all the item sampled while rural areas did not use instructional materials with the mean score off 0.6 as the highest and 0.3 as the lowest. The study concluded that Mathematics curriculum was moderately implemented in Ogun State.

Keywords : Availability, Content Coverage, Mathematics Education, Instructional Materials, Utilization.

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