SCHOOL SIZE AND QUALITY OF GRADUATES OUTPUT IN OYO AND EKITI STATE COLLEGES OF EDUCATION

Abstract

Regular increase in school size and output of graduate are necessary for proper functioning of a school system. The so call increase in output has negative effect on graduate quality output.  School size in most developing countries, especially Nigeria has been very unstable. The reduced in graduate quality output is as a result of increase in population and inability of students to gain access to uni8versity. It is against this that this study investigated the influence of School Size on quality of Graduate Output of Colleges of Education in Ekiti and Oyo States. Nigeria. The study adopted a descriptive survey research design and a simple random sampling technique were used to select the sample for the study in the following ranges: 1,009 respondents randomly selected for the study from 10,749 population. 20 respondents were systematically selected from each department of 5 departments randomly selected each from five schools. Four research questions were raised. Data were collected through a structured Questionnaire which had been subjected to test retest to determine 0.76 coefficients using Cronbach alpha reliability formula. Data generated were analized using descriptive satistics of frequency count, simple percentage In the light of this, the following were discovered: Increase School Size in Colleges of Education in Oyo and Ekiti States which bring about congested lecture room has influence on the graduate output. There is no significant difference in the School culture of Colleges of Education in Oyo and Ekiti States with their graduates output. There is no significant difference in the infrastructural facilities of Colleges of Education in Oyo and Ekiti States with their graduate outputs. The study concluded that the increase in School Size has negative influence on the graduates’ output of the Colleges of Education. Therefore, it is recommended that there is need for recruitment of more academic Staff for Colleges of Education, provision of more teaching/learning facilities for lectures.