The aim of this study is to determine the reasons of failure and to make proposals to eliminate this failure in science and tecnology course according to teachers’ views. The study is carried out with 11 science and tecnology teachers in Erzurum city in 2009-2010 academic year. The data of this study has been provided from semi- structured interviews. The interviewees of the study are teachers. All teachers were interviewed individually by one of the reseachers. The transcripts of the interviews are analyzed with content analysis. In this study, reasons of failure in science and technology course and ways to eliminate this failure were examined in the contexts of teachers, students, parents, and the general structure of the schools. As a conclu- sion the reasons of failure according to the teachers are the allocated time period for activities in cirruculum is not enough and the units are too long parents are indiffer- ence to students’ studies, teachers are not knowing enought the cirruculum students, do not have the oppurtunity to apply the activities individually, and cirruculum do not consider the radiness of the students in some units. Furthermore, majority of the teachers stated that they have difficulties in the teaching mathematics science relat- ed science topics and abstracts subjects. Consequently teachers proposed to using different techniques and methods in the lessons highlighting visual lessons, leading students to have goals for the further to encourage students readindg books, and the provide school-parents cooperation to prevent failure and ensure success.
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