Abstract:
Home Science integrates the application of various science and humanities to improve the
human environment, family nutrition, Home management, Child development, and Textile and
Clothing. Since Home Science is a broad subject area, to develop this subject the teachinglearning
resources should be increased and enhanced. In our country, due to the lack of
awareness of the subject, the teachers who are involved in teaching Home Science have faced
various problems and challenges in developing this subject at the school level. This study
highlights the problems and challenges experienced by Home Science teachers in government
schools in Sri Lanka. The sample was collected randomly and used a semi-structured
questionnaire to collect data. The findings show that there are several problems and challenges
experienced by Home Science teachers, most of the problems are related to resource
availability for teaching-learning activities of Home Science. Therefore, the teachers face
difficulties to improve Home Science education at the school level. The study found that nearly
70% of teachers faced difficulties in teaching textiles and clothing because of lack of teaching
- learning resources. Further, the findings reveal that the teachers face challenges related to a
wide range of syllabus, assessment procedures, challenges with instructional resources, and
other general challenges such as lack of motivation, and lack of interest of students in the
subject. These problems and challenges will affect the quality of teaching and learning
activities at the school level. So the present study aims to find the problems and solutions to
improve Home Science Education at the school level.
