EFFECT OF LARGE CLASS SIZE ON STUDENT'S ACADEMIC ACHIEVEMENT IN SOCIAL STUDIES IN SOME SELECTED SECONDARY SCHOOL IN ONDO WEST LOCAL GOVERNMENT AREA OF ONDO STATE.

This research work investigated the effect of large class size on students’ academic achievement in social studies in selected secondary schools in Ondo West LocalGovernment Area of Ondo State. Three (3) research questions were formulated to guide the study. The research methodology utilizes simple random sampling to select 100 respondents from five selected secondary schools in Ondo West Local Government Area of Ondo State withsimple percentage to analyse the research questions. Results revealed that large class size distorts students’ academic performance; the reasons for the increase in class size in public secondary schools and findings revealed that poor home background, poor and inadequate physical structure by government, increase enrolment, inadequate teachers are the reasons for class size in public secondary schools; provision of more infrastructure facilities and adequate social studies teachers by government can be used to control large class size in secondary schools and thorough supervision ofschool activities by all educational bodiescan also be used to reduced largeclasssize. Thestudyrecommendsthat:federalgovernment in conjunction with the Ministry of Education should make major budget allocation toward the construction ofnewclassroomto reduce the average number of learners in a class, for the effective implementation of basic curriculum; teachers should align their teaching styles and methods with the size of their classes to buttress the effects of large class sizes; government should provide basic school amenities that can assist the students in academic performance such as good environment for learning, seating places; enough teachersshould be provided to carry out effective teaching on the students for better academic performance.