The Relationship Between Class Size And Secondary School Students Academic Performance In Geography
[A CASE STUDY OF ABEOKUTA-SOUTH LOCAL GOVERNMENT AREA OF OGUN STATE]

Conclusion
    From the results, it can be seen that the larger the class size of students being taught the less the performance of the students. There is therefore, the need to make the number of students to be taught in the geography classes to be moderate so that the teacher can be able to manage the class efficiently and effectively and be able to give individual attention to students who may have problem of assimilating the concepts of what has been taught.
    Overpopulation retards students’ project execution in geography class because effective supervision cannot be carried.
    The prevailing situation in congested geography class could not guarantee effective teaching and learning process. Appropriate instructional strategies could not be applied and individual approach is required for effective teaching in geography. The absence of this which results in over-populated class size greatly affects students’ performance in geography.
Recommendation
    It is recommended that the educational policy makers should formulate policies that will ensure that the number of students in a class should not exceed 30 students. This in turn will make the government to provide enough classrooms for the schools.
    The government should also recruit more geography teachers into their scheme in order to meet the yearnings of the ever increasing number of geography students in secondary school. This recruitment would minimize the work load of geography teachers and also reduce congestion in class.
    The school authority should provide fund for the procurement of necessary materials for the effective teaching of geography in secondary schools. The adequate provision will go along way to reduce the number students on equipment during geography practical.
    Geography teachers should show dynamism and employ their professional efficiency towards effective teaching of the subject.
    Teachers’ effectiveness could be enhanced through periodic exposure to seminars and workshop, therefore teaching service commission should consider it as a matter of priority, the retaining of geography teachers and the students of geography should show more enthusiasm during teaching and learning process, so that their objectives of schooling could be realized.