%0 Journal Article
	%A Jamil Mikhail Yahaya and  Ahmad Nurulazam Md Zain and  Mageswary Karpudewan
	%D 2012
	%J International Journal of Humanities and Social Sciences
	%B World Academy of Science, Engineering and Technology
	%I Open Science Index 72, 2012
	%T Understanding Socioscientific Issues in a Low Literate Society for the Achievement of the Millennium Development Goals
	%U https://publications.waset.org/pdf/15900
	%V 72
	%X This paper highlights the controversial socioscientific
issues and their misconceptions in Nigeria as well as in some other
low literate societies around the world. It states the relevance of the
issues or problems in Nigeria, which might be neutral or absent in
other countries. The need to understand the issues and how such an
understanding can contribute to the achievement of the Millennium
Development Goals (MDGs) is also being discussed. The paper
concludes by suggesting the responsibilities of science teachers to
remove the misconceptions surrounding the socioscientific issues.
	%P 3372 - 3375