THE EFFECT OF NON-RESIDENTIAL INSTITUTION SOCIAL BEHAVIOUR (A CASE STUDY OF LAGOS STATE UNIVERSITY OJO)
TABLE OF CONTENT
Title Page i
Certification ii
Dedication iii
Acknowledgment iv-v
Table of Content vi-viii
Chapter One: Introduction
1.1 Background of the Study 1-11
1.2 Purpose of the Study 11-12
1.3 Statement of the Problem 12
1.4 Research Question 13
1.5 Hypothesis of the Study 13-14
1.6 Limitations of the Study 14
1.7 Significance of the Study 15
1.8 Scope of the Study 15
1.9 Definition of terms 16
CHAPTER TWO: LITERATURE REVIEW
2.0 Introduction 17-20
2.1 Essence of Education 20-23
2.2 The Approaches to Student’s Housing in the
Universities 23-26
2.3 The New Approach 26-29
2.4 Social Development 29-30
2.5 Social Behaviour 31
2.6 Social Problem 32-36
2.7 Social Changes 36-37
2.8 Effects of Non-Residential Institution on
Students Social Behaviour 37-41
CHAPTER THREE
3.1 Research Methodology 42-43
3.2 Population of the Study 43
3.3 Sample and Sampling Procedure 43-44
3.4 Instrument of Data Collection 44-45
3.5 Method of Data Collection 45
3.6 Method of Data Analysis 46
CHAPTER FOUR
4.1 Data Analysis and Interpretation 47-69
CHAPTER FIVE: SUMMARY, CONCLUSION
AND RECOMMENDATION
5.1 Summary 70-73
5.2 Conclusion 73
5.3 Recommendation 74
REFERENCES: 75-76
APPENDIX 77-82
CHAPTER ONE
INTRODUCTION
1.1 BACKGROUND OF THE STUDY
This research topic ascertains the various happening in higher institutions operating non residential system with particular references to the Lagos state University Ojo. The focus in this case however is the effect it has on the students’ social behaviour.
Though, there has been various discussions and converses on the issue but people failed to realized that this social behaviour will only affect the students but also the generality of the people within the country.
Government today agrees than an educated population is necessary for the well being and say that education is fundamental human right, but not all parents would agreed that’s their children are entitled to schooling. Although, Education for every child or universal educations is compulsory in developed countries and it’s demanded in most other developing countries, the idea is comparatively new.
Education from any country started from primary school apart from informal education, but for the greats majority is children, primary education is the foundation on which secondary and further education are built.
Today, the primary schooling is only an exhibition to retain the aims and objective of primary education just in theory and in practical.
The flop in pupil’s academic performance can be traced briefly to primary school where solid educational foundation is expected secondary school have been opened only to those pupils with high scores in a primary school leavers examination, the schools have given them a formal academic course. The nature of school today have completely changed the pupils are promoted on “let my people go” either fail or pass, just to give way to those coming behind.
It would be recalled that the introduction of formal education by the Christian missionaries in 1842 brought fames and glory to the entire citizen, for it has played the major role in developing the people positively and the country in terms of economics in particular. But prior to the time of western education, Nigerian were exposed to the traditional and Islam system of education both of which helped individual for self emphasis on the moral religious aspect of life, the western education on the other hand, due to its nature of curriculum which at initial stage was to train people to the way of the LORD was used as an instrument of evangelism.
Ever since the introduction of western education, three major level of educational system have been run. At each of these level (primary, secondary and tertiary) boarding schools and halls of residence have been provided by both private and government agents. The provision of residence for students could be said to serve many useful purpose, especially in the area of social development of individual. This is because peer influence goes a long way to mould live of a set of growing youth.
Although it could be argued that such power influence could contribute effectively to the social behaviour to be exhibited by youths it is equally a general belief that where proper monitoring of the kind of life style being lived by the youth in such hostels or halls of residence is ensured, such youth would grow up to become well adjusted adults.
Students especially in higher institutions were discovered to be abusing this privilege, through incessant roots and protest over equality of food, cost of food, accommodation bills and general welfare in hostel or halls of residence this lead to the relaxation of the policy, especially with universities, polytechnics and colleges of Education that were later established in the country.
Hence it no longer made compulsory for residential accommodation facilities to be provided by the concerned higher institutions while providing admission for the students.
As can be expected there are impact that this have on the students social behaviour as well as their continuous academics assessment, it makes it difficult for the students to have a clear picture of what the lectures has taught them by not having the opportunity to have a group discussion with their fellow students and many others were late in meeting up with the time of submission of assignment as a result of distance from their home to the schools. Before 70’s boarding schools were averagely more than non residential school system and their social academic performance of these institutions were high.
Gradually, the whole boarding system became depreciated as a great majority of the students now attend schools from their home as day students in the whole federation the non-residential school system has seemingly become an accepted policy, and this has been affecting the academic performance of the student.
There is a near absence of discipline, the behaviour of some of the students are exposed to the qualities. The students are, however continually exposed to the corrupting influence of the larger society. This is contrary to the practice in residential institutions under the watchful eyes of the school authorities. The movements of the students are to as larger extent monitored.
The non-residential natures of the institutions have a great effect on immoral behaviour exhibited by the students in terms of smoking gambling and alcoholism. Also, there are frequent range of rape and kidnap here and there with unexpected cultism in the institution, which had caused deaths or permanent incapacitation to the students. The effect of the non – provision of residence for the students also contributes to some factors that affect the students such as socio-cultural effect, psychological effect, and political effect.
As students, the behaviour dimension of education touches on the value and attitudinal; domains. It is the external manifestation of the internal changes in world view that make up our required value system and therefore our attitude to life. It is also a determine of our moral outlook that portray our level of knowledge because our behaviour is assessed in term of our relationship other in the society. The student’s behaviour acquired in the process of being educated, from the behaviour of the products of the educational system, we can tell when there is or no educational growth are achieved or being achieved.
The non residential institution can be termed to lead to the cause of institutional act, act of defiance and acts of negligence which are coupled with the social decadent that students embraced from home. Some belief have the belief that provision of residence for this institution will increase the tempo of crises, Lagos state University have witnessed crises, it will be recalled that the first ten years of the institutions faces serious dimension of crises which can be term as “teaching problems” with in this decade, crises forces the Lagos state Government to institute visitation panels into the administration of the university thrice (1983) 1993 and 201o. The university also witness student’s revolution of feelings or what they perceived to the inequalities and insensitivity on the part of government of local Administration of the university.
Although the university was made as a non residential institution because the report of the eleven man committee known as the tertiary Education Review Committee (TERC) headed by Professor S.A Fajemirokun stated that “the university be made non-residential for students”. But a former chairman of Local government (Chief Babatunde Gafari) in 1985 made a promise of erecting a #2million student hostel to reduced the suffering of Lagos state University students in the area of hostel accommodation because he know the effect of non residential institution on the students social behaviour and the provision of such accommodation will help in modifying the students socially so that the burden caused by the society will be as thing of the past.
Some of the rational backing the institutions to operate as a non-residential institution for the student are:
- Enrollments are increasing faster than the capacity to plan for and accommodate this growth. The result is over crowding a shortage of teaching materials and laboratories strain on administrative system, and reduced performance by staffs and students.
- Rising performance by staff ad student produced general agreement that educational quality is declining.
The teaching staffs are intellectually bankrupt as a result of curtailed research activities, fewer library acquisitions and diminished professional development opportunities. The rational stated above the buttress that the institutions have been lacking the pre-requisites expected from a zenith of knowledge such as the university and these are:
- Teaching, which constitute the imparting of knowledge
- Dissemination of knowledge contribution national and international dialogue.
- Service orientation which includes community service.
However, the failure of the institution to enhance the high academic requirement expected by the institution due to absence of residence for the students will lead to our atmosphere filled up with indiscipline and lawlessness because most of the events which occur in the university are influenced by what is going on with in the society.
1.2 PURPOSE OF THE STUDY
The purpose of this research study is to find out the problems encountered by the students on non-residential institutions such problems as in terms of rapes, kidnap, cultism, lateness in such mission of their assignment and lack of space for adequate involvement in social activities.
The cause of these problems was as a result of the institutions not been residential. The effect on such institution on the student’s socio-cultural behaviors which affect them both with in our walls of the school and in the community such maladjusted adults which was as a result of gambling, smoking, raping immoral activities.
The effects that those would have on the country as a whole will be a production of irresponsible citizens which can affect the social status of the nation. The research will also look into solution for these problems.
1.3 STATEMENT OF THE PROBLEMS
Based on the foregoing the major problems which the research want to investigates is to what extent is no residential nature of higher institutions affect the social behaviour and academic performance of the students?
The social behaviour of student has relationship in accordance with academic performance of the students in the same way the social behaviour of the students, can be a constraint factor of academic performance to the students.
1.4 RESEARCH QUESTION
The research question will be related questions to the topic at hand
- What are the effects of non residential institution on the students academic?
- Does non residential education affect student’s choice of friendship?
- Does student’s non-residential education affect their moral behaviour?
- Does non residential education of students affect their level of involvement in social activities?
1.5 HYPOTHESIS OF THE STUDY
- There is no significant relationship between non-residential education and student’s academic in higher institution.
- There is no significant relationship between non-residential education and student’s choice of friendship.
- There is no significant relationship between non-residential education of students and their moral behaviour.
- There is no significance relationship between non-residential education and student’s level of involvement in social activities.
1.6 LIMITATIONS OF THE STUDY
The research aimed at working on the effect of non-residential institution on the student’s social behaviour and academic performances.
As such this project work is limited to the assessment on the effect of non-residential institution on the student social behaviour with Lagos state University Ojo as a case study.
1.7 SIGNIFICANCE OF THE STUDY
The research problems into their topic in order to familiarize readers with various social behaviour within the non-residential institutions.
The research looks into the topic in order to reveal ways of getting students in non-residential higher institutions to cope with the problems so as to succeed academically and socially.
1.8 SCOPE OF THE STUDY
The research is aimed at working on the effect of non residential institution of the student’s social behaviour and performable. As such this project work is limited to the assessment on the effect of non-residential institution on the student’s social behaviour with Lagos State University, Ojo as a case study.
The research will be limited to these area above because of financial factor and personnel to work with which the research will not be able to cope with.
1.9 DEFINITION OF TERMS
Non-residential institution teaching and learning environment without the provision accommodation for the learners.
SOCIAL BEHAVIOUR: This is concerned with organization of relation between people and communities.
MORAL BEHAVIOUR: This is concerned with the principle of right and wrong activities.
ACADEMIC PERFORMANCE: Level of responding and success in teaching and learning activities.
ANTI SOCIAL ACT: this refers to rioting, destruction of public peoples, hooliganism and stealing
ACTS OF DEFIANCE: This act of defiance are going out without permission smoking, drinking and drug taking, sexual immorality etc.
ACT OF NEGLIGENCE: This includes lateness to school, careless handling of school and personal properties.
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