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The study investigated the university life satisfaction among undergraduates. The study employed the survey design technique. The population consisted undergraduates of Obafemi Awolowo University, Ile-Ife, Osun State, Nigeria. A total of four faculties out of the thirteen faculties in the school were selected using simple random sampling technique. From each faculty, 150 undergraduates were selected using convenience sampling technique. An adapted instrument titled “Students University Life Satisfaction Scale (SULSS)” was used to collect information from the students and the instrument yielded Spearman Brown Coefficients and Spearman Brown Split-half reliability tests values of 0.77 and 0.83 respectively at 0.05 level of significance. Percentage, rank order and t-test statistics were employed to analyse the data. The results showed that 342 (57%) of undergraduates were highly satisfied with the university life. It was revealed that the most factors that were responsible for the university life satisfaction among the undergraduates were academic activities 563 (94%), recreational activities 521 (87%) and spiritual programmes/activities 521 (88%). Also, the results showed that the problems of university life satisfaction were overcrowded lecture rooms 573 (96%), academic workload 548 (91%) and unstable academic calendar 538 (90%). Finally, the results showed that there was no significant difference between sex and university life satisfaction (t-test = -0.582, df.= 598, p > 0.05), but significant difference was found between place of residence and university life satisfaction (t-test = 0.012, df.= 598, p < 0.05), The study concluded that the students were highly satisfied with university life but depended much on factors such as academic activities, recreational activities and spiritual programmes/activities and physical facilities for their satisfaction.
IFE JOURNAL OF ENTREPRENEURSHIP AND BUSINESS MANAGEMENT
Production Characteristics of MSMEs in Nigeria's ICT Clusters2019 •
Developing countries like Nigeria have been on the receiving end as consumers of electronic equipment rather than producers. Most especially, the Nigeria market has been pervaded with merchandising of computers, mobile phones and related peripherals. This paper therefore attempted to investigate if there exist competences among the firms in the clusters required for indigenizing production of computer systems and related peripherals. This thus employed the theory of the firm to analyse the data collected on 228 chief executives/founders of firms located in three major ICT clusters in Nigeria. This include the Otigba computer village in Lagos; the GSM village in Abuja and the Ogbunabali Computer market in Port-Harcourt. These are firms involved in sales, maintenance and production of ICT equipment. Descriptive analysis of the data shows that majority (45.9% and 33.9%) of the firms have been actively involved in business activities and have been in business between 11-15 years and 16-20 year range respectively. The result further shows that the size of firms within these clusters are largely micro (68.7%) and small (28.2%). These businesses are mostly regular dealer firms that traded both new and Tokunbo computers, mobile phones, networking equipment and other related peripherals. These firms seem to have skilled workforce; vast majority of the firms employed between 1-5 technicians (86.6%) and engineers (89.6%) to work with them at any given time. These personnel have acquired the required skills to repair, assemble and design some computer components/peripherals thereby bringing incremental innovation. These firms have not only performed in the hardware domain alone, most educational institutions and non-gorvenmental organisations in Nigeria have patronized them for customized software developments and services which include e-commerce enabled web services. The dynamics of the activities in the clusters suggested that there are vast entrepreneurial opportunities as occasioned by the agglomeration gains but there is a need for government support to create a more conducive environment to facilitating smooth running of the businesses. This has the tendency to create a roadmap towards enhancing Nigeria’s technological development and to strengthen sustainability of the technology hub.
Aderonke Olufemi Otunla
Internet access and use among undergraduate students of Bowen University Iwo, Osun State, NigeriaThe study examined the internet access and use among undergraduate students of Bowen University Iwo, Osun state, Nigeria. Descriptive survey research design was used. The population comprises of 4,800 undergraduate students out of which 300 students were randomly selected from various faculties, 298 questionnaires were correctly filled and analyzed. The result of the findings shows that all respondents access and used the internet. Major access was through their mobile phones with 52.7%, only 6.4 accessed through University Digital centre while none from the library. Respondent used internet daily with 68.9%, 41.6% used internet between 7-9 hours a week and experience on internet use shows that 38.6 % have been using the internet since 5 years and above. The main purpose of use is academic with the highest mean score of 3.40. Also, undergraduate use of internet for various academic activities shows that they used internet mainly for searching information on assignment with highest mean score of 3.60. Two hundred and sixty-five (88.9%) of the respondents agreed that access to information is now easy with the internet, while 81.6% agreed that internet has positive impact on their academic work. The major constraint identified includes non availability of internet connectivity around the campus, slow internet connectivity and downloading and constant breaking down of internet services on campus. The study concludes that internet use can contribute positively to students’ academic performance, Recommendation was made that adequate facilities should be put in place by University Management to enable students access the internet.
ABSTRACT The study examined students housing satisfaction in private hostels in Ile-Ife. It examined the socio-economic characteristics of students in private hostels in Ile-Ife, examined the quality of private hostel facilities, examined the environmental quality in private hostels and students satisfaction level in private hostels in the study area. This was with a view to providing information that could enhance the quality of life of students. Data were collected from students residing in fifteen (15) identified purposely built private hostels in the study area. There were a total of 506 rooms in the identified purposely built private hostels. Sample size was derived by selecting 15% of the rooms in each hostel using systematic sampling technique. A total of 76 rooms were selected for survey. Questionnaire was administered to a student in each room. Thus a total number of 76 questionnaire was administered. The study revealed that there were more male students residing in private hostels than female in the study area. The study also showed that majority of students residing in private hostels in the study area is in their fourth academic year in the university. The study further revealed that 63.2% of students in private hostels received between ₦10,000 to ₦20,000, as their monthly allowance. The study also revealed that toilet, bathroom, kitchen, laundry, veranda, waste dump, drainage and roof facility are all in good conditions with a facility condition index of 3.605, 3.566, 3.592, 3.026, 3.447, 3.381, 3.526 and 4.000 respectively. The study revealed that 40.8% of students in private hostels have a good power supply. The study revealed that water quality, air quality, electricity supply, structural condition of buildings among others is very good in private hostels in the study area. The study concluded that students residing in private hostels in the study area are satisfied with their residential condition. This is due to the good quality of available facilities and utilities in private hostels, efficient hostel management system, aesthetically pleasing hostel design, clean hostel environment, good condition of hostel facilities and proper hostel rules. The study recommended that private hostel developers should be more conscious of the quality of hostel being provided so as to further enhance the satisfaction level of students residing there and also to ensure the proper maintenance of private hostel facilities.
European Journal of Educational Sciences, EJES
Parental prominence and academic success2019 •
University education, if properly managed remains an appropriate mechanism through which human and nation development could be attained. In spite of numerous studies that have explored academic performance in Nigeria, the contributions of parental prominence and student housing quality on academic success are yet to be explored in the nation’s public universities. This study addresses this gap by raising this question: to what extent does parental prominence and student housing predict the attainment of academic success among university undergraduates? The cross-sectional survey design, with multi-stage and purposive sampling technique was adopted. Primary information was sourced from 426 final year students of OAU, OOU and AAUA. The outcome variable of this study was academic success; and it was measured by student’s attainment of outstanding or weak academic success. The key explanatory variables were parental prominence and student housing quality. Multivariate rank ordered-logistic regression and ANOVA was applied using Stata 14. Results showed that academic success was negatively associated with student housing quality. Also, results showed that parental prominence (marital status, employment status, gender preference, occupation type) were statistically associated with academic success. Results further showed that student housing quality and financial supports contributed about 9% to academic success. The study concluded that the challenges posed by inadequate and poor student housing facilities, lack of adequate financial supports for university students, parental gender preference in meeting-up with education needs of their children must be addressed in order to stimulate the attainment of outstanding academic success among students of public universities in Southwest, Nigeria.
BMC medical education
Study motives, career choices and interest in paediatric dentistry among final year dental students in Nigeria2014 •
Students' motives for studying Dentistry have been a subject of interest for years because of the potential for understanding the psychological makeup and subsequent job satisfaction for the dentist. It is also useful in identifying expectations of the profession. This study therefore tried to identify study motives and career preferences of dental students especially with respect to the practice of paediatric dentistry. This was a cross-sectional study using a self-administered questionnaire. The final year students in six dental schools in Nigeria were required to fill the questionnaire. Students were asked to rank their motives and career preferences on a Likert like scale with points ranging from 0-5 where 0 represented a factor that had no influence on their decision and 5 represented a very influential factor. The underlying dimensions for study motives, career preference, impression about and motive for interest in the practice of paediatric dentistry were identified usin...
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