eng Science and Education Publishing American Journal of Educational Research 2327-6150 2013-07-22 1 1 225 229 10.12691/education-1-7-2 EDUCATION2013172 article Importance of Science Education to National Development and Problems Militating Against Its Development Aina Jacob Kola akoja64@hotmail.com 1 Physics Department. College of Education (Tech.), Lafiagi, Kwara State, Nigeria This paper focused on the review of science education in Nigeria, its importance to national development and problems militating against its development. The paper viewed insecurity and corruption as major problems of science education development in Nigeria. As way forward the paper suggested life imprisonment for any corrupt individuals; government should invest on agriculture to provide job for people and scholarship for science students among others. http://pubs.sciepub.com/education/1/7/2/education-1-7-2.pdf science education national development insecurity corruption