IMPACT OF HOSTEL ACCOMMODATION ON STUDENTS ACADEMIC PERFORMANCE IN COLLEGE OF EDUCATION, AKWANGA, NASARAWA STATE
Paul, Eshiwoza Madalla ,Wudu Emmanuel James and Ibrahim Auta
Volume 12 Issue 1
Abstract
The study examined the impact of hostel accommodation on students academic performance in College of Education, Akwanga. Descriptive survey design was used. The population consisted of 2,520 on-campus students, off-campus students and staff of the students’ affairs departments and patrons of the hostels. A sample size of 506 on-campus students, 115 off-campus students’ and 10 participants drawn from staff of the students affairs department and patrons of the hostels. The researchers designed a questionnaire titled Hostel Accommodation and Students Academic Performance Questionnaire (HASAPQ) Interview for data collection. Face and construct validity of the instruments were determined by experts; Cronbach Alpha Coefficient was used to determine the reliability. Face-to face was used to collect the data, while simple percentages, mean, standard deviation, independent t-test and Spearman rank correlation were used as methods of analysis. Statistical Package for Social Sciences (SPSS) 27 was used for statistical computation of coefficients, and the hypotheses were tested at 0.05 level of significance. The findings revealed showed that majority of the respondents said there are no sanitary facilities in hostels, there are 5 students and above per room in the hostel, water supply is not adequate, power is not reliable and that the hostels are over crowded. It was found out that inadequate hostel facilities affect academic performance, off-campus students perform better that on-campus students, and lack of constant power supply in hostel affect students personal studies time and crowdy accommodation may affect the psychological performance of students. Also, the results showed that lack of resting or recreational facilities in hostels, too many courses of study and lack of internet facilities in hostels affect students performance. The, findings also revealed that majority of the respondent said there should be at most two per room, power supply should be stable, more hostels should be built, hostels need to be renovated, good sanitary facilities, clean water and modern security gadgets should be provided in hostels. The results again revealed significant difference in the availability of hostel accommodation facilities in male and female hostel. It was found out that inadequate hostel accommodation had a significant negative impact on students academic performance. Also, the study revealed a significant difference in academic performance of students living in adequate and inadequate hostel accommodation. The study concluded that hostel accommodation has a significant impacts on students academic performance and recommended among others that the Tertiary Education Trust Fund (TETFUND) should provide adequate and conductive hostel accommodation to students, especially female students, special funds should be allocated to the institution for the renovation of existing hostels, and new ones should be constructed, and government through the quality assurance department of the ministry of higher education of the state should ensure that hostel accommodations are constructed based on laid down standard in order to enhance students academic performance in College of Education Akwanga, Nasarawa State. Keywords: Student, Academic, Performance, Hotel Accommodation
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