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This research work was designed to find out the effects of class size on teaching and
learning in pre-schools in Oredo Local government area of Edo state. Four research
questions were raised to carry out this study and to effectively carry out this research, a
total of 100 respondents were sampled from the 66 registered pre-primary schools in the
Local government area. The instrument used to carry out this research is checklist and
questionnaire. This study revealed that the classrooms allocated for pre-primary
education in schools were in deficit to cater for the population of pupils being enrolled, there were not enough instructional materials and teaching aids due to overcrowding and
limited resources. Based on these findings, it was concluded that evidently, class size is a
major variable that has impacts on the overall teaching and learning process in pre- schools. Recommendations were made to ensure the effectiveness of teaching and
learning in pre-schools and this includes: investing in infrastructure e.g classrooms, child
sized furniture etc, employment of only qualified teachers and personnel, availability of
teaching aids in adequacy to the population of pupils, intervention of the government and
educational bodies to carry out supervision and assessment of the conditions of
preschools that are operating in the area.
learning in pre-schools in Oredo Local government area of Edo state. Four research
questions were raised to carry out this study and to effectively carry out this research, a
total of 100 respondents were sampled from the 66 registered pre-primary schools in the
Local government area. The instrument used to carry out this research is checklist and
questionnaire. This study revealed that the classrooms allocated for pre-primary
education in schools were in deficit to cater for the population of pupils being enrolled, there were not enough instructional materials and teaching aids due to overcrowding and
limited resources. Based on these findings, it was concluded that evidently, class size is a
major variable that has impacts on the overall teaching and learning process in pre- schools. Recommendations were made to ensure the effectiveness of teaching and
learning in pre-schools and this includes: investing in infrastructure e.g classrooms, child
sized furniture etc, employment of only qualified teachers and personnel, availability of
teaching aids in adequacy to the population of pupils, intervention of the government and
educational bodies to carry out supervision and assessment of the conditions of
preschools that are operating in the area.
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