overcrowded classrooms
collocation in Englishmeaningsofovercrowdedandclassroom
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overcrowded
adjective
uk/ˌəʊ.vəˈkraʊ.dɪd/us/ˌoʊ.vɚˈkraʊ.dɪd/
containing too many people ...
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classroom
noun[C]
uk/ˈklɑːs.ruːm/us/ˈklæs.ruːm/
a room in a school or college where groups of students ...
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In the schools we have overcrowded classrooms with 50 or 60 children in them.
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In addition, we have the highest pupil-teacher ratio in the country, and the largest number of overcrowded classrooms.
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They would have found many insanitary schools, overcrowded classrooms, poor equipment, children poorly fed and the like.
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There are increasing health and safety risks as children are taught in overcrowded classrooms, with dilapidated furniture and equipment that schools cannot afford to replace.
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The teachers are trying to say to us that they do not want to teach our children in overcrowded classes or overcrowded classrooms.
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Removing the space regulations is a charter for overcrowded classrooms and playgrounds.
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They will not allow overcrowded classrooms in elementary schools and small classes and a proper and a high standard in the secondary schools.
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The teachers must teach in the overcrowded classrooms and cope with the shortages of books and equipment that we have discussed.
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There was no community spirit in the overcrowded classrooms nor the mingling in university community life between students of one faculty and another.
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That could remove a statutory barrier to overcrowded classrooms—perhaps that is what some in the education world understand by a "crammer".
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Often, we are keeping them at school longer in overcrowded classrooms.
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I saw overcrowded classrooms and out-of-date equipment.
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Examples of this are the decisions by the powers that be to close down hospitals in the provinces, and the imminent resignation of thousands of teachers, despite overcrowded classrooms.
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It is important to recognise that some of the recent gimmicks have not addressed the underlying problems of shortages of books and equipment, overcrowded classrooms and shoddy buildings.
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It may be that their class and the children with whom they are used to working are divided into two and placed into other already overcrowded classrooms.
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In addition to overcrowded classrooms, the building itself needed serious repairs.
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Challenges faced in the classrooms include language disparities, un-unified curriculum, teacher absenteeism, teachers who are untrained, and overcrowded classrooms.
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His immediate concern was to build another five classrooms at the end of the school year in order to remedy the overcrowded classrooms and the continuing increase in population.
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