Abstract
This cross-institutional study investigated the student-centred, home, school and society related causes of absenteeism among 1000 undergraduate students from two public universities, 500 each from The University of the West Indies, (UWI), Cave Hill Campus, Barbados and The University of Ibadan (UI), Oyo State, Nigeria. Results revealed that the students were absent from lectures for student-centered, home, school and society related reasons and there were significant differences between UWI and UI students’ reasons with school causes being the key factors for absenteeism among the students from both institutions. Additionally, gender differences were found among the Nigerian undergraduates’ student-centered and school causes of absenteeism while gender did not affect the causes of absenteeism among the undergraduates in Barbados. These results were discussed with the hope of understanding and tackling absenteeism among the students from the two different institutions.
Highlights
Absenteeism from lectures by the university students appears to be a serious problem that seems to transcend and defile all the strategies by the university authorities and lecturers’ efforts to curb it
From the findings on table 2, it is evident that the problem of absenteeism was quite prevalent among the students in the two universities that participated in this study confirming the globalisation of absenteeism from lectures among the university students
Research Question 1: What are the causes of absenteeism among the university students in Barbados and Nigeria? Research Question 2: Which of the causes will be mostly responsible for absenteeism among the UWI and University of Ibadan (UI) students?
Summary
Absenteeism from lectures by the university students appears to be a serious problem that seems to transcend and defile all the strategies by the university authorities and lecturers’ efforts to curb it. Heriot Watt University expects all the students to attend all scheduled learning sessions; timetabled lectures, seminars, tutorials, workshops and laboratory sessions. The attendance policy of the University of New Brunswick makes it mandatory for each student to attend all scheduled classes. Despite all these efforts, investigators still report that students skip classes due to no just reasons. Investigators still report that students skip classes due to no just reasons The reasons for such persistent absenteeism from lectures are the main concern of the researchers in this study and whether the reasons for students’ absenteeism will vary from one institution to another because of different locations. It is our expectation that the UWI and UI students will have different reasons for absenteeism from lectures because of the different locations
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