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Causes and Effects of Increased Students’ Enrolment on Quality Education in Secondary Schools in Bayelsa State

Meshach Muruwei, Watchman, Philemon Seidougha Makpah, Abstrac, Keywords, Introduction

Abstract

The study examined the causes and effects of increased student enrollment on the quality of education, focusing on public secondary schools in Bayelsa State. Two specific objectives, research questions and hypotheses were developed. The study employed a descriptive survey research design. The population comprised all 708 principals across the 236 secondary schools in Bayelsa State with a sample size of 200 principals. Structured questionnaire titled “Causes and Effects of Increased Enrollment Questionnaire ” was utilized to data collection. Mean and standard deviation was used to analyse the research questions, and t-test statistics was used to test the hypotheses at a 0.05 level of significance. The findings showed that

Keywords

Students’ enrollmentqualityeducationstudents

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