TEACHERS’ AND STUDENTS’ PERCEPTIONS OF DOUBLE SESSION SCHOOLING ON ORDINARY LEVEL STUDENTS’ PERFORMANCE IN GEOGRAPHY

The aim of the study was find out “O” level teachers’ and students’ perceptions of double session schooling system in the teaching and learning of geography The study was carried out in the qualitative paradigm in which a case study was used as the research design. One Form three class with forty students doing geography and ten geography teachers participated in the study. Interview and focus group were used as data collecting tools. Data were analysed qualitatively with some verbatim statements being recorded thus bringing out the participants’ perceptions about dou ble session schooling in relation to teaching and learning geography. The study found out that double session schooling system had several challenges. Findings reveal that teaching and learning time is reduced thus impacting negatively on teacher ?student interaction. The study also found out that there was rapid deterioration of furniture, books and other resources over and above other challenges which include limited resources, heavy teacher workload and fatigue. The study recommends government to do away with double session schooling by building more secondary schools. The study also recommends that school authorities should make efforts to acquire computers, provide internet connectivity to allow students to get unlimited information.