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Effects Of Overpopulation On The Academic Performance Of Students In Government Secondary Schools
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CHAPTER ONE
INTRODUCTION
1.1 BACKGROUND OF THE STUDY
According
to the Federal Ministry of Education, as at 2004, the population of
Nigeria secondary schools stood at one hundred and eighteen thousand,
two hundred (118200) secondary schools while that of Imo state showed a
total number of two hundred and five (205). Owerri Municipal council had
about seven (7) secondary schools, with a population of Seven thousand,
six hundred and fifteen (7615) students. This figure when compared with
that of 1999 which was inclusive according to Federal Ministry of
Education was very high because during that period, it was so in order
to attract Federal Government attention.
The present Nigerian
population of secondary schools going by the above number is almost
twenty one thousand, eight hundred and twenty eight (21828) secondary
schools, with Imo state having three hundred and twelve (312) secondary
schools and Owerri Municipal 9 government secondary schools.
According to the statistics department, Secondary Education
Management
Board (SEMB), there has been a rapid increase in the population of
students in Owerri Education zone from seven thousand, six hundred and
fifteen (7615) students to ten thousand, five hundred and seventy
(10570) students. There is a constant increase in the population of
secondary schools which runs contrary to the new encyclopedia
Britannica, volume (A) assertion. Unlike population of insects,
population rarely has been subject to explosive or collapsing numbers.
Overpopulation
refers to a situation where the total number of people in an area
exceeds the available resources. Overpopulation can also be defined as
deficiency in resources development in relation to the available people
Osuji (2008). This means existing resources can not march the immediate
population number.
Evidence has shown that the population of students
in urban schools is on the increase. The steady areas to enjoy
recreational facilities, which keeps them busy after studying is one of
the factors that contributes to overpopulation of secondary schools in
urban areas.
Under population of secondary school in Nigeria has had a
negative impact in the Nigeria educational sector, and the output is
devastating in terms of loss of standard and its attendant results.
This
situation of over population could be speculated to be speculated to be
responsible for the untold hardship, corruption, social disorder, poor
standard of living, crime etcetera. In this, there will be lower
standard of education, inadequate instructional materials, production of
poor or a few quality text books, congested classrooms and attendant
education in characters (dropout as a product of the so called schools).
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ABSRACT - [ Total Page(s): 1 ]The study aimed at establishing the effects of overpopulation on the academic performance of government secondary schools. It is designed to identify the factors that contribute to the increase in students' population, find out the students - teacher ratio in government secondary schools and also the impact of the increase on the academic performance of students. A descriptive survey design was used, while the population of the study consists of government owned secondary schools in Owerri educa ... Continue reading---
