Alabi, Jimoh Adeniyi2021-05-052021-05-052017-12Al-Hikmah Journal of Education2384-7662https://uilspace.unilorin.edu.ng/handle/20.500.12484/4883Abstract The researcher observed that government does not take History as a serious subject in secondary school curriculum because some years back it was banned and when it was re-introduced, both teachers and students had lost interest in the subject. Also, the majority of History teachers are not qualified to teach the subject and this resulted in a downward trend in the number of students offering History at the senior secondary school level because students’ interest had shifted to other subjects such as Geography, Government, Social Studies and Civic Education. This study therefore examines the challenges facing the teaching and learning of History as a subject in senior secondary schools in Ilorin West Local Government Area of Kwara State. Simple random sampling technique was adopted to select 15 History teachers and 100 History students as sample. Questionnaire was designed to collect data while descriptive statistic of mean was used to answer the three research questions generated in this study. The findings reveal that inconsistent government policies towards History as a subject, the quality of History teachers and the teaching method used in teaching History has adversely the teaching and learning of the subject in Ilorin West Local Government Area secondary schools of Kwara State. Based on the findings, it is therefore, recommended that government should make History a compulsory subject for all secondary school students as other core subjects such as Mathematics and English Language, so that they can have adequate knowledge of Nigerian History, learn from the past mistakes of our leaders in order to correct the future.enChallenges, History, Teaching and LearningArticle