EFFECT OF CLASS SIZE ON ACADEMIC PERFORMANCE OF SECONDARY SCHOOL STUDENT

This research examine effect of Class size on academic performance of secondary school student. For the purpose of the study, Survey research design was used, Questionnaire as an instrument of data collection and data collected were analyzed using descriptive and statistical packages for the social science (SPSS). The population for this study comprises of 40 respondents from the study area. Random sampling technique was used to select thirty (30) teachers and ten (10) students from the study are The finding of the study shows that teachers and the students shows negative attitude to larger classroom as its affect the overall performance of teachers in teaching and learning process most especially in classroom management, teaching effectiveness, student engagement. Also, the study revealed that budget constraints, high student enrollment rates, lack of government policies and its implementation, and low availability of teaching resources are the primary factors influencing class size in secondary schools Based on the findings, the study recommends that the federal and state governments should pay more attention to building of additional classrooms and employment of more teachers to provide solution to the problem of high students- teachers ratio. The students- teachers’ ratio should be 40:1 as suggested by National Policy on Education as against 41-69 and 70 and above as discovered from the study