EVALUATION OF THE EFFECTS OF TEACHERS AND STUDENTS POPULATION RATIO ON ACADEMIC ACHIEVEMENTS OF STUDENTS IN ENGLISH LANGUAGE IN BWARI AREA COUNCIL: IMPLICATION FOR CURRICULUM IMPLEMENTATION

Abstract

This work entitled “Evaluation of the effects of teachers and students population ratio on academic achievements of students in English language in Bwari area council, FCT, Abuja”. The instrument used for the study was a carefully constructed questionnaire which was randomly sampled among the respondents. A total of 150 questionnaires was sampled teachers and students who were the respondents in 6 randomly selected Secondary School in Bwari Area Council. The result shows that student’s population ratio has a positive effect on the academic performance of students in secondary schools in Bwari Area council. The classes in secondary school should be less crowded so that teachers will be ble to effectively flow if information, therefore funds should be made available for the execution of the national students – teachers population ratio and the ministry of education should provide reasonable recommendation which attracts to supports the teaching effectively and given in-service training programmes for teachers.