Okeoghene Oluwaseun THOMAS

The purpose of this research project is to examine the influence of class size on the teaching and learning of Business Studies, with special reference to junior secondary schools in Benin Metropolis. The specific objective of this study is to: Examine the influence of class size on the academic performance, classroom management, presentation of lesson, use of instructional materials And students interest in learning Business Studies in public junior secondary schools in Benin Metropolis. The target population of this study consist of 30,536 senior secondary students in the 45 public secondary schools in Benin metropolis. Benin metropolis which comprises of Egor, Ikpoba – Okha and Oredo LGA.A sample size of 120 students were selected for the purpose of this study. The research instrument used to collect data for the study was a structured questionnaire and responses from the. The validity of instrument was ascertained by the researcher’s supervisor and two other lecturers. The questionnaire was analyzed using frequency count and simple percentage. The findings revealed that class size influence the academic performance of students in public junior secondary school, the classroom management, presentation of lesson, use of instructional materials and student’s interest in learning. Based on this findings, the researcherrecommends that government should take in to consideration of special needs of the programme by funding or increasing the allocation giving to the institution and Ministry of Education should adopt ‘30 students per teacher’ policy as a strategy to address overcrowding in junior secondary school

The purpose of this research project is to examine the influence of class size on the teaching and learning of Business Studies, with special reference to junior secondary schools in Benin Metropolis. The specific objective of this study is to: Examine the influence of class size on the academic performance, classroom management, presentation of lesson, use of instructional materials And students interest in learning Business Studies in public junior secondary schools in Benin Metropolis. The target population of this study consist of 30,536 senior secondary students in the 45 public secondary schools in Benin metropolis. Benin metropolis which comprises of Egor, Ikpoba – Okha and Oredo LGA.A sample size of 120 students were selected for the purpose of this study. The research instrument used to collect data for the study was a structured questionnaire and responses from the. The validity of instrument was ascertained by the researcher’s supervisor and two other lecturers. The questionnaire was analyzed using frequency count and simple percentage. The findings revealed that class size influence the academic performance of students in public junior secondary school, the classroom management, presentation of lesson, use of instructional materials and student’s interest in learning. Based on this findings, the researcher recommends that government should take in to consideration of the special needs of the programme by funding or increasing the allocation giving to the institution and Ministry of Education should adopt ‘30 students per teacher’ policy as a strategy to address overcrowding in junior secondary school