Review of the Impact of Chemistry Education in Scientific Research and National Development

This paper re-examines the position of chemistry as the core of sciences and therefore the most needed and desirable scientific tool for the socio-economic, technological well-being and by extension for national development. Factors such as insecurity, poor funding and mismanagement, job hazards, lack of motivation, inadequate science teachers, and economy among others were observed to have bedeviled chemistry and scientific development. Solutions were proffered asking the government and all stake-holders to ensure that the educational sector should be topmost priority after agriculture in policy making. Adequate security, payment of salaries and allowances as at when due, investment in infrastructures and self development on the part of chemistry teachers should be put in place to allow for rapid growth and development scientifically.