Ministry battles ballooning junior class sizes

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The Ministry of Basic Education is battling to address huge class sizes in junior secondary schools.

The policy is that class sizes should not exceed 40 students per class and in regards to pupils at primary level the ministry has made inroads in achieving the controlled numbers.

However, this is far from being achieved in junior schools where a lot of the classes having have over 50 students.  Trade unionists have in the past been battling with the issue of class sizes stating that the teacher-student ratio should at least be one to 25 students.

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