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Influence Of Hostel Squatting On Academic Performance, Interpersonal Relationship And Emotional Adjustment Of Undergraduate Students
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CHAPTER ONE
INTRODUCTION
1.1 Background of the study
In the
face of growing enrolment of students in tertiary education, students’
accommodation has become one of the teething problems faced by higher
institutions in developing countries (Centre for Global Education,
2005). In many countries, especially in developing countries,
governments have been the main provider of student accommodation for
public higher institutions. As a result of limited government resources,
government in developing countries are unable to adequately meet the
accommodation demand for all public higher institutions. Over past two
decades, governments in many developing countries have involved private
hostel providers to participate in building hostels and halls of
residence for students in order to meet the demand for more
accommodation infrastructure (Centre for Global Education, 2002). This
has attracted some private individuals into investment in students’
hostel accommodation.
The importance of accommodation covers the
entire aspects of human life. Primarily, it involves physical protection
from hazards which ordinarily may be regarded as shelter but also
provide the setting from many of the basic biological and social
processes necessary to sustain life, which permit the healthy growth and
development of the mind. In all, accommodation as a unit of the
environment of man, has a profound influence on the health, social
behaviour, satisfaction and general welfare of the community. It
reflects the cultural, social and economic values of a society as it is
the best physical and historical evidence of civilization in a country
(Aluko, 2009). Research on student development in higher education
system in many developed nations is not restricted to academic
activities; diverse issues relating to hostels are also involved
(Shelton, Nicole, Tessa and Trail 2010; McCorkle and Mason, 2009;
Hanasonso and Nadler, 2012). Thus, problems relating to students campus
residential settings have been of interest to many researchers, most
especially human resource practitioners, Social Psychologists,
Sociologists and scholars in humanities etc, in these societies for
decades. Despite the prevalence of a large body of literature on
college roommate relationships in developed nations, literature on
roommate interpersonal relationships among tertiary students is very
scanty in sub-Sahara Africa (SSA). The dearth of knowledge in this area
in Nigerian higher institutions of learning is precarious and it is
traceable to the poor-state-of- the- art-facilities, which have been
hindering effective learning. The most crucial aspect of these
facilities as related to this study is insufficient accommodation for
students. Where accommodation is available, it usually is poorly
maintained and managed due to poor funding of higher education and
prevalence of endemic corruption in higher institutions. Consequently,
the management of higher education system resorted to ‘private developer
policy on students’ residential matters’ in order to make provisions
for students’ accommodation without any financial implication on the
institution (Omonijo, Uche, Rotimi & Nwadialor, 2014).
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ABSRACT - [ Total Page(s): 1 ]This study investigated the the influence of hostel squatting on academic performance, interpersonal relationship and emotional adjustment of students in University of Lagos. The study employed a descriptive survey research design. An instrument titled: Influence of Hostel Squatting on academic performance, Interpersonal Relationship and Emotional Adjustment of Students (IHSAPIREAS) was used to collect relevant data for the study. The representatives of the study involved were selected based on ... Continue reading---
