Effects of Teacher-students Ratio in the Implementation of Blocklaying, Bricklaying and Concreting Curriculum in Technical Colleges in Niger State.

Abstract

The study was carried out to determine the effects of teacher-students ratio in the implementation of Blocklaying, Bricklaying and Concreting (BBC) curriculum in technical colleges in Niger State. Two research questions were developed and answered. The population consisted of thirty-seven (37) respondents made up of 7 principals, 7 BBC heads of department and 23 BBC teachers in technical colleges in Niger State. The 37 respondent were used and no sampling was conducted. Cronbach Alpha statistic was used to establish the reliability of the instrument which amounted to 0.87. It was found that technical colleges are implementing some of the modules of the BBC curriculum above the National Board for Technical Education (NBTE) recommended teacher-students ratio, proper skills acquisition in technical colleges can only be achieved in compliance to the NBTE recommended teacher-students ratio and large number of students over the teacher leads to the inability of teacher to reach individual student. It was recommended that technical colleges management in the State should insist that, the BBC curriculum modules be implemented on the bases of NBTE recommended teacher-students ratio of 1:40 and government should recruit more teaching staff in order to ensure that teacher-students ratio recommended in the NBTE minimum standards is what is obtainable in the implementation of the BBC curriculum modules.