Multigrade Teaching in Secondary Schools: Realities and Constraints

Abstract

Undisputedly, effective teaching is an impetus to learning. Teaching encompasses myriad of activities by the teachers, instructors or facilitators. However, it has been observed that effective teaching at secondary school level of education in Nigeria has been impeded by several factors, one of which is the teaching of students of different grades in a classroom setting. Hence, effective dissemination of knowledge is marred by the inability of teachers to cope with students of different grade levels. Therefore this precipitated the adoption ofmultigrade teaching approach in recent time in order to cope with this peculiar teaching and learning situation. Therefore this paper examines the prospects and challenges of multigrade teaching approach in secondary schools in Nigeria. The paper recommends that multigrade teaching method should be made a compulsory for the teacher trainees, teachers shold be made to know to use the method, while coping with classes of students of different levels e.t.c.