The Impact of Over Population on Teaching Curriculum Courses to Science, Teachnology and Mathematics Education Undergraduate Students in the University of Jos

Abstract

The study explores whether teaching curriculum courses to undergraduate education students is influenced by over population as against NUC recommendation ratio of 1:24 in class. Focusing on the students' views by gender and level of study, students' questionnaire consisting of 23 items were administered after which it was analyzed using Statistical package for Social Sciences (SPSS) version 17.0 at 0.05 level of significance. From the analyses, the result revealed that there was no significant relationship between students' opinion by gender. However results by level of study showed that there is significant relationship. This indicates that over population in a given class is a negative factor to students' learning. Consequently, it was recommended that administrators should regulate students' enrollment, as well as provide adequate instructional materials and assistive devices for effective teaching and learning thereby producing better qualified STM teachers.